From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 16 17:37:40 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4E3810656E2 for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:37:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.237]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D36288FC21 for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:37:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 50so3313192wra.13 for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:37:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.193.1 with SMTP id q1mr16114571waf.75.1205689044183; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:37:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio ( [67.189.206.211]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id m6sm29562460wrm.35.2008.03.16.10.37.19 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:37:19 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:37:03 -0400 From: Gerard To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.9; i386-portbld-freebsd6.3) Face: 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 X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q User-Agent: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.8; i386-portbld-freebsd6.3) X-Operating-System: FreeBSD-6.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/WXeuzR1j4ngM/==EmU1FwOr"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 Subject: Re: state of flash on FreeBSD 7? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:37:41 -0000 --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 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--