[Bug 161818] Re: firefox flash-plugin automatic installation fails on youtube

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

** Description changed:

  Problem occurs with:
  * Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
  * Ubuntu 9.04
  * Ubuntu Karmic, all updates installed
  
  1. From a fresh Ubuntu installation, go to <http://www.youtube.com/>.
  2. Go to any of the videos.
  
  What happens: "Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player."
  What should happen: Firefox's plug-in finder bar appears.
  
  Sites like YouTube query firefox about the availability of the flash
  plugin, and if not found, display fallback text (usually including a
  link to Adobe's download page) instead of triggering the browser's
  native <embed> behavior for uninstalled plug-ins. This is usually
  implemented using the Adobe Flash Player Detection Kit
  <http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/download/detection_kit/> and,
  more recently, SWFObject <http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/>.
  SWFObject will be included in upcoming versions of Adobe Flash Catalyst
- and Adobe Flash Builder. and as of 1 October 2009, it was used by around
- 13% of Web site front pages sampled by Builtwith.
+ and Adobe Flash Builder, and since May 2009 it has consistently been
+ used by about 13% of the top 10 000 Web site front pages sampled by
+ Builtwith.
  <http://trends.builtwith.com/?tag=javascript&tech=b9f773e8-12b1-46ee-
  ab08-bafa6c8d0c6f>
  
  Ubuntu's plug-in finder bar works only for <embed> elements, and
  therefore it is working for fewer and fewer Flash sites over time.
  
  A simple solution might be to hack firefox to always provide the
  information that the flash capability is present, even when the flash
  plugin is not yet installed. Therefore, the site would provide the flash
  object, and the automatic flash plugin installation would kick in.

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firefox flash-plugin automatic installation fails on youtube
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/161818
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