Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:37:38 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: FreeBSD Question <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: eculp <eculp@encontacto.net> Subject: Re: Another question based on: Re: HOW-TO get Flash7 working! Message-ID: <20080113163738.GA64921@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20080113095341.4e34f42e@scorpio> References: <47801D54.8050709@gmail.com> <47803E3F.2080005@monkeybrains.net> <47804901.6090007@gmail.com> <4786BF45.8030602@monkeybrains.net> <4786CEDC.3050009@chuckr.org> <20080111170711.t6wxj1bc68cgwwk4@webmail.leidinger.net> <4787E597.9040902@chuckr.org> <20080112213747.443a4833@deskjail> <20080113082515.19316v8x3pbs3tcs@intranet.encontacto.net> <20080113095341.4e34f42e@scorpio>
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--dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 09:53:41AM -0500, Gerard wrote: <snip> > I belong to a state 'Officials Association' that deals with officiating > High School sports. Their site is written in such a way that Flash with > either Windows Media Player or QuickTime are required to properly view > the site. So their message is, "We're not interested in people who don't use windows". There is not anything that the FreeBSD community can do about that.=20 > Try as I might, I have never gotten either Opera or Firefox > using FBSD to correctly view that site. I basically just gave up on it. > The same problem exists with many sites sponsored by Google for > instance. >=20 > If this was 1990, perhaps I could understand it. However, considering > the present state of computing, the fact that plug-ins like Flash are > not simple drop-in applets, similar to the way Internet Explorer > handles them, is simply not acceptable. Then go and complain to the people who wrote flash. If they want to release plugins for Firefox on FreeBSD they can do so.=20 Since Flash is closed-source, there isn't a lot people in the FreeBSD community can do about it. There are several groups working on open-source implementations of Flash, but these efforts are incomplete due to lack of documentation and possibly volunteers. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHij5SEnfvsMMhpyURAkOoAJ48m1Mq5fvOiaBkQb6WsIrbBpLXCQCgrlOY nNgFw91+pXPMy5aUnzrj8RU= =aM9w -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx--
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