Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:45:38 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Jona Joachim <jaj13@web.de> Cc: Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca>, White Hat <pigskin_referee@yahoo.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Firefox+Flash Message-ID: <20060915144538.GB80615@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <4509F7DB.7080500@web.de> References: <20060914222340.41828.qmail@web60119.mail.yahoo.com> <407F2CFB-1DED-4466-86E2-ACD171AD07CC@mac.com> <4509F7DB.7080500@web.de>
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On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 02:46:19AM +0200, Jona Joachim wrote: > Chuck Swiger wrote: > > On Sep 14, 2006, at 3:23 PM, Peter wrote: > >> Yes, the Flash issue is a real bummer. It is best *not* to show your > >> friends that when you introduce them to FBSD. > > > > Why? Is there some reason that you or they want to watch ads? > > > > I can't think of a single site that I use that needs Flash; I don't > > install it even on a Windows or MacOS X box. > > I don't have the need for Flash either. Youtube and Google Video should > provide their videos in a proper way. > I still believe in dynamic SVG for clear animations. You can watch one > of those on the Opera site about SVG, it's great. > Nobody needs proprietary binary formats on the Internet. Nice thought, but the real world is full of flash, much as it annoys me. By the way, I didn't find an SVG animation on the Opera page though it mentioned SVG and hyped it a little. ////jerry > > --jona > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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