Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:52:45 +0200 From: Jona Joachim <jaj13@web.de> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Firefox+Flash Message-ID: <450ACC4D.2090500@web.de> In-Reply-To: <20060915144538.GB80615@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <20060914222340.41828.qmail@web60119.mail.yahoo.com> <407F2CFB-1DED-4466-86E2-ACD171AD07CC@mac.com> <4509F7DB.7080500@web.de> <20060915144538.GB80615@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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Jerry McAllister wrote: > 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. It's there: http://www.opera.com/products/desktop/svg/ Your browser has to support SVG 1.1 Tiny to view it. I know that Firefox (even 2.0) and Konqueror don't support it yet. Opera supports it from version 8 on. --jona
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