Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 19:50:04 +0200 From: Jona Joachim <jaj13@web.de> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Firefox+Flash Message-ID: <450AE7CC.60501@web.de> In-Reply-To: <20060915155846.GA81142@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <20060914222340.41828.qmail@web60119.mail.yahoo.com> <407F2CFB-1DED-4466-86E2-ACD171AD07CC@mac.com> <4509F7DB.7080500@web.de> <20060915144538.GB80615@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <450ACC4D.2090500@web.de> <20060915155846.GA81142@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 05:52:45PM +0200, Jona Joachim wrote: > >> Jerry McAllister wrote: >>> On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 02:46:19AM +0200, Jona Joachim wrote: >>> >>>> 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. >>>> I don't have the need for Flash either. Youtube and Google Video should >>>> provide their videos in a proper way. >>>> I still believe in dynamic SVG for clear animations. You can watch one >>>> of those on the Opera site about SVG, it's great. >>>> Nobody needs proprietary binary formats on the Internet. >>> Nice thought, but the real world is full of flash, much as it annoys me. >>> >>> By the way, I didn't find an SVG animation on the Opera page though >>> it mentioned SVG and hyped it a little. >> It's there: http://www.opera.com/products/desktop/svg/ >> Your browser has to support SVG 1.1 Tiny to view it. I know that Firefox >> (even 2.0) and Konqueror don't support it yet. Opera supports it from >> version 8 on. > > OK. I see it. But since I am running Firefox, it doesn't do much. > Are you proposing to add SVG to Firefox or create a 'plugin' for > Firefox? SVG 1.1 Tiny became a W3C recommendation on 14th January 2003 so I believe they will implement it sonner or later --jona
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