Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 23:37:50 -0400 From: "E. J. Cerejo" <ejcerejo@optonline.net> To: C Thala <cthala@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: state of flash on FreeBSD 7? Message-ID: <20080315233750.1d432aad.ejcerejo@optonline.net> In-Reply-To: <77647f500803151709y2dbe8f65jb02fb8d73b2f407d@mail.gmail.com> References: <77647f500803151709y2dbe8f65jb02fb8d73b2f407d@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:09:00 -0400 C Thala <cthala@gmail.com> wrote: > Like Javascript, with regards to Flash, what was once a nuisance has > more or less become a necessity. > > I turned off JS on my browsers for several years and avoided most > popup/web issues that people had. Nowadays, I can leave it on because > Firefox plus some plugins do a good job of blocking most of the crap > and because it doesn't destabilize the browser like it once used to. > > So what's the deal with Flash? Occasionally, I will get a link on > YouTube/Google Video that looks interesting, but for the most part, > I've ignored them. Over the years, I have occasionally tried the > mozilla flash plugin, but that has always crashed my browser within > the first 10 minutes of use. > > So for those of you using FreeBSD 7, what is the current state of > Flash? Can it be used regularly? Is it ready for the BSD desktop? > Caveats? Comments? Advice? So far I haven't had any major problems with linux-flash7 on my native firefox using nspluginwrapper. Sometimes I get the sound off sync but I can survive. It's the 9 that crashes and in my opinion should be removed from the ports collection. You can always try graphics/gnash which works natively with firefox.
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