Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 08:23:03 -0400 From: "michael johnson" <ahze@ahze.net> To: "Garrett Cooper" <youshi10@u.washington.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firefox+Flash Message-ID: <b2203fed0609150523n7a6f149bi2be95872fb80b6c3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3E42E83B-EFB0-4BCA-BFF3-5116AEE93B19@u.washington.edu> References: <20060914222340.41828.qmail@web60119.mail.yahoo.com> <407F2CFB-1DED-4466-86E2-ACD171AD07CC@mac.com> <3E42E83B-EFB0-4BCA-BFF3-5116AEE93B19@u.washington.edu>
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On 9/14/06, Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > On Sep 15, 2006, at 7:54 AM, Chuck Swiger wrote: > > > On Sep 14, 2006, at 3:23 PM, Peter wrote: > >> Yes, the Flash issue is a real bummer. It is best *not* to show your > >> friends that when you introduce them to FBSD. > > > > Why? Is there some reason that you or they want to watch ads? > > > > I can't think of a single site that I use that needs Flash; I don't > > install it even on a Windows or MacOS X box. > > > > -- > > -Chuck > > Unfortunately a lot of consumer sites are starting to use flash as a > semi-static and predictable way to deliver content to people; it's > incredibly annoying, and becomes very noticeable once you install > stuff that blocks SWF files: http://www.noscript.net/whats :). Thus, > that is one solution to get rid of your ads (adblock+ is another, but > meh), so you can keep Flash functionality and get rid of crappy Flash > animations, while surfing the net. > > Also, FYI: a lot of sites have built animations with (Adobe) Flash 9, > so unless you have a Windows or Mac PC nearby you probably won't be > able to load up animations on a Unix PC as the latest version > available is 7. Go to http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform and ask adobe for a native version of flash for FreeBSD. -Garrett > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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