Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:59:00 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Mikhail Teterin <mi+mill@aldan.algebra.com> Cc: glyn@millingtons.org, nox@freebsd.org, =?iso-8859-15?Q?D=E1nielisz_L=E1szl=F3?= <laszlo_danielisz@yahoo.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: flash-9, 10 on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20081028185900.GA30053@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <4907552B.1070504@aldan.algebra.com> References: <925464.64030.qm@web30801.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <86vdvcobbg.fsf@nowhere.org> <4907552B.1070504@aldan.algebra.com>
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On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 02:08:43PM -0400, Mikhail Teterin wrote: > Sent by Glyn Millington: > >My solution was to install Wine and run the MS port of Firefox. So far > >it works flawlessly for me. > > > This has two problems: > > 1. It requires a (licensed) Windows install handy. > 2. The solution is only suitable for i386 -- not for amd64, which is > what I'm using. > > -mi > Not having the ``*required*'' flash-NN that makes the latest animation or A/V apps is the biggest gripe I have relating to not being able to use the most stable OS around, FBSD. Prev'ly when I've asked why sites can't simply use JAVA, I hear that Java is more difficult to use than flash. I understand the basic of animation; that about it. But isn't a better solution to get gnash up to speed rather than begging Adobe to port flash-9 or -10 for us? any thoughts on freeing ourselves from this addiction to flash-* ? -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org
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