Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:32:23 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: flashplugin7 doesn't play video Message-ID: <20090128053223.1215a19f.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20090128040812.GA7181@phoenix> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0901222300330.47966@qryy.zlubzr.jrfgryy.pbz> <e18c7cda0901240327y1f11672aiad039e0602246559@mail.gmail.com> <20090124131926.M40840@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090128040812.GA7181@phoenix>
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On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:08:12 -0500, Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> wrote: > Very true. But unfortunately, there are many sites that overbearingly > (and often times hinderingly) use flash for nonsense. Such as banks > that play flash videos that hide the login box, etc... Today, "Flash" is being used for the purposes that animated GIFs have been serving in the past. But with "Flash", you can annoy the user not only with jumping, popping and dancing graphics, but with beeping, boinging and crunching sounds, and furthermore, with lots of annoying and needless interaction. In other words, "Flash" is a replacement for HTML. :-) -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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