Flash - it hurts! Make it stop! :-(

Sridhar Dhanapalan sridhar at dhanapalan.com
Thu May 8 02:41:19 BST 2008


On Mon, 5 May 2008 at 18:35, Paul Gear <paul at libertysys.com.au> wrote:
> Cefiar wrote:
> > On Monday 05 May 2008 12:26:18 Lisa Milne wrote:
> >> Can you install Gnash and Gnash-plugin (or whatever its called) for
> >> flash playback?
> >
> > Does anyone know if currently gnash or swfdec work with the flash that
> > Facebook currently uses/produces?
>
> I tried gnash this afternoon and it certainly didn't work with Youtube,
> which is the only real reason i'd submit to having Flash enabled.  That
> noflash sounds good - i might investigate running a 32-bit browser with
> Flash and noflash both installed for the times when i want to use Youtube.

There are a few FOSS Flash players out there. I think swfdec can handle 
YouTube.



-- 
"Proprietary software companies hand out free copies for the same reason that 
cigarette companies give sample packs to college kids - to encourage 
addiction." - Richard Stallman, 2002-11-01
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