From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 2 11:47:01 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B203237B401 for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2003 11:47:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from thor.acuson.com (ac17859.acuson.com [157.226.71.79]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E146A43FB1 for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2003 11:47:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from DavidJohnson@Siemens.com) Received: from mvaexch02.acuson.com (mvaexch02.acuson.com [157.226.230.209]) by thor.acuson.com (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 (built Feb 21 2002)) with ESMTP id <0HCQ004QWEXQVA@thor.acuson.com> for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org; Wed, 02 Apr 2003 11:46:38 -0800 (PST) Received: by mvaexch02.acuson.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Wed, 02 Apr 2003 11:37:28 -0800 Received: from dhcp-46-117.acuson.com ([157.226.46.117]) by mvaexch01.acuson.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13) id GNSXG1QY; Wed, 02 Apr 2003 11:39:00 -0800 Content-return: allowed Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 11:46:38 -0800 From: Johnson David In-reply-to: <024401c310d8$712c39d0$728d3a40@user> To: William Ashworth , freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Message-id: <200304021146.38262.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> Organization: Siemens Medical Systems MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <20030402154658.11242.qmail@web20302.mail.yahoo.com> <200304021124.07465.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> <024401c310d8$712c39d0$728d3a40@user> Subject: Re: Web Browsers. X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 19:47:02 -0000 On Friday 02 May 2003 11:27 am, William Ashworth wrote: > All, > > Couldn't you just install linux binary compatability to accomplish > this? You do need that. But you need a Linux browser as well, because of the way plugins work. In my case I am using Konqueror, which would mean I would need a complete Linux KDE, or a duplicate Konqueror just for viewing flash. That's overkill in my opinion, so I don't do it. I used to have a separate Linux Mozilla for that purpose, but I quickly discovered that there's not much content on flash-enabled sites to make it worthwhile. p.s. Since Macromedia does not generate any direct revenue from their flash plugin, and they don't "support" it since no one pays for it, it wouldn't hurt them one bit to Open Source the plugin/player. It might even increase their indirect revenues as demand for their flash creation programs rise. They would certainly gain a lot of community good will. David