Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 14:45:58 +0100 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: flash Message-ID: <20070703144558.36f87262@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <20070703081111.B306.GERARD-SEIBERT@seibercom.net> References: <54357.74.64.6.149.1183317914.squirrel@mail.el.net> <3507.24.1.37.132.1183435028.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com> <20070703081111.B306.GERARD-SEIBERT@seibercom.net>
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On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 08:21:38 -0400 Gerard <gerard@seibercom.net> wrote: > On July 02, 2007 at 11:57PM Richard Lynch wrote: > > > ... > > And there isn't any content I've felt deprived to not get. > > > > Obviously, folks who spend their free time (or work-time :-)) > > watching youtube would feel differently, but... > > Personally, I disagree. Many sites that I use, including business > sites, require the use of Flash. Your statement that Flash is only > relevant for those who view 'YouTube' is grossly incorrect. It is due > to the numerous problems of getting Flash to work correctly under > FreeBSD, regardless of which browser the end user is employing, that > I keep a Windows machine so as to facilitate the viewing of Flash > content. > > IMHO, this is one of the reasons that more users do not use > alternative operating systems like FBSD. ... Can anyone comment on how well Flash9 works in a real Linux distribution? In particular does it have the problem where the flash item turns into a blank box after a few seconds. If that problem exists in Linux there's a decent chance it will get fixed by Adobe.
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