From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 16 03:37:52 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 96C76106566C for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:37:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ejcerejo@optonline.net) Received: from mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.4.199]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 808998FC14 for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:37:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ejcerejo@optonline.net) Received: from localhost (ool-44c03822.dyn.optonline.net [68.192.56.34]) by mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with SMTP id <0JXT00LR10R3SOE0@mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 15 Mar 2008 23:37:51 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 23:37:50 -0400 From: "E. J. Cerejo" In-reply-to: <77647f500803151709y2dbe8f65jb02fb8d73b2f407d@mail.gmail.com> To: C Thala Message-id: <20080315233750.1d432aad.ejcerejo@optonline.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.8 (GTK+ 2.12.9; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <77647f500803151709y2dbe8f65jb02fb8d73b2f407d@mail.gmail.com> Cc: freebsd Subject: Re: state of flash on FreeBSD 7? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:37:52 -0000 On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:09:00 -0400 C Thala wrote: > Like Javascript, with regards to Flash, what was once a nuisance has > more or less become a necessity. > > I turned off JS on my browsers for several years and avoided most > popup/web issues that people had. Nowadays, I can leave it on because > Firefox plus some plugins do a good job of blocking most of the crap > and because it doesn't destabilize the browser like it once used to. > > 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. > > 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? So far I haven't had any major problems with linux-flash7 on my native firefox using nspluginwrapper. Sometimes I get the sound off sync but I can survive. It's the 9 that crashes and in my opinion should be removed from the ports collection. You can always try graphics/gnash which works natively with firefox.