From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 4 04:30:29 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEADC106566C for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 04:30:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from eastrmmtao105.cox.net (eastrmmtao105.cox.net [68.230.240.47]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A9D78FC1E for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 04:30:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from eastrmimpo01.cox.net ([68.1.16.119]) by eastrmmtao105.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20080804043028.MHWA18077.eastrmmtao105.cox.net@eastrmimpo01.cox.net>; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 00:30:28 -0400 Received: from serene.no-ip.org ([72.200.38.192]) by eastrmimpo01.cox.net with bizsmtp id y4WU1Z00148kqrs024WUoJ; Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:30:28 -0400 Received: from serene.no-ip.org (conrads@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by serene.no-ip.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m744UQ8b011355; Sun, 3 Aug 2008 23:30:27 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 23:30:25 -0500 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" To: nawcom Message-ID: <20080803233025.5052693a@serene.no-ip.org> In-Reply-To: <4896444E.3000002@nawcom.com> References: <20080626103955.GA28128@rwxrwxrwx.net> <20080803210711.6a0612a8@serene.no-ip.org> <4896444E.3000002@nawcom.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stop Adobe Flash Petition X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:30:29 -0000 On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:50:38 +0000 nawcom wrote: > I checked out the flash at the University of Utah site, and I must say > it is impressive for gnash. Looks like that swf was made with Flash 7, > or at least that's its minimum requirement. Unfortunately, gnash has a > while to go, as it will never be in a satisfactory state until - it > loads YouTube videos. Yes, ridiculous, but true, since I'm sure that is > one of the many flash sites that people want to load. :( > -Ben I've watched YouTube videos with Gnash, even with version 0.8.3. Not *all* of them worked, mind you, but quite a substantial number. Here's one of my favorites (a real hoot, actually; a "translation", with accompanying "visual aids", of what Joe Cocker was actually singing at Woodstock) :-) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4_MsrsKzMM > Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > > On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:39:55 +0200 > > Martin Tournoij wrote: > > > > > >> Sign it here: > >> > >> http://www.petitiononline.com/0034655a/petition.html > >> > > > > [snip] > > > > Well, personally, I'd rather light a candle than curse the darkness, > > so... > > > > Today, I fetched the repo sources for the "HEAD" version of gnash, > > built and installed it, and I must say, it's working far better than > > the latest release version (0.8.3). Sites that wouldn't work properly > > before are now displaying beautifully. Here's a good example of a > > site that would break before, but works now: > > > > http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/addiction/drugs/mouse.cfm > > > > See http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/#downloading for info on how to > > obtain the sources. You'll need to install devel/bazaar-ng (yes, yet > > another version control system!) to fetch the code. > > > > To configure, I ran "gnash -V" using the existing (0.8.3) version and > > copied the configuration switches from the resulting output. Then ran > > gmake to build and install (after pkg_deleting the old version, of > > course). > > > > I'm pleased with the results. Still not 100% perfect, but a whole > > heck of a lot better. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- PROOF OF GOD #348. ARGUMENT FROM DICTATORSHIP (1) Dictators do not believe in God. (2) Dictators are wrong. (3) Therefore, God exists.