[Dapper] Flash plug-in doesn't work...

[Vincent Trouilliez]

On Mon, 2006-05-15 at 09:37 +0800, Senectus . wrote:
> Hey Vince..
> I've found flash support under linux to be _very_ problematic at the
> best of times.

Yeah I know, the "joys" <crying> of proprietary stuff... and webmasters
that are incapable of making a usable and attractive site without
resorting to flashy (pun intended...) things.  :o(
However the web sites I have problems with today, used to work in Dapper
(up until a few weeks ago) and previous releases of Ubuntu, that's why I
asked if there was a recent bug that had broken things, hoping there
would be a known cure or workaround. 


> Also there is no support for flash 9 features unless you want to run
> firefox and the flash plugin under wine.

Yeah, when I really really really need or want to visit a flash site, I
start Windows XP inside VMware. A bit overkill... but it works.

> I only have one machine (out of three) that is really successful at
> playing media and flash stuff and that is my laptop.

Hmmm, that's worrying ! Do you mean that eventhough all 3 machines run
current Dapper, they don't behave similarly wrt flash ? Strange. Well,
aren't all bugs strange until they are diagnosed...
Looks like I will file a bug report then. 


Regards,


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Vince