Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:37:03 -0400 From: Gerard <gerard@seibercom.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: state of flash on FreeBSD 7? Message-ID: <20080316133703.6597b682@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20080316161534.GB25231@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <77647f500803151709y2dbe8f65jb02fb8d73b2f407d@mail.gmail.com> <200803161455.20738.ltcddata@davids-website.com> <20080316161534.GB25231@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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--Sig_/WXeuzR1j4ngM/==EmU1FwOr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:15:34 +0100 Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 02:55:20PM +0000, LtCdData wrote: > >=20 > > 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. > >=20 > > 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? >=20 > For youtube, you can use the www/youtube-dl port to download them, and > mplayer to play them. >=20 > Alternatively, you can use the DownloadHelper add-on to download > videos from several sites. That kind of sucks. The idea is to simply click on a link and have it work. Adding extra software to accomplish what is already being done on other operating systems is regression not progress. > > I see flash popping on this list over and over, and as yet I have > > not seen a solution that fully works. Yes I tried the wrappers, > > gnash etc. on native firefox and opera with limited success, > > however as others have also noted flash is now required, and as for > > myself, fully working flash 9 is also. >=20 > I for one am very glad to _not_ see all the annoying flash-based ads. The simple fact that a site or precess requires 'flash' to display correctly does not insinuate that the object is an advertisement. There are several browser based add-ons that can handle to various degrees pop-up advertisements, etc. --=20 Gerard gerard@seibercom.net Schizophrenia beats being alone. --Sig_/WXeuzR1j4ngM/==EmU1FwOr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkfdWscACgkQ6DWTaTcTwMmcDACgtR3oixBv8S84JJzYtRVt0xkN hzAAn26oZTPRePTKQmdLw25ZFUf33gkV =WmHL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/WXeuzR1j4ngM/==EmU1FwOr--
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