(Problem solved) Re: problems with flash (youTube) videos and VLC can't read DVDs

[Basil Chupin]

On 27/10/12 09:09, NoOp wrote:
> On 10/25/2012 07:44 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>> On 26/10/12 09:10, Ric Moore wrote:
> ...
>>> I would think that the problem lies with Adobe and their attitude
>>> towards Linux in general. At least nVidia hasn't publicly abandoned
>>> us. Ric
>> ADOBE will no longer support Flash for Linux after the last release of
>> Flash so it is of no use telling Adobe that there is a problem with
>> their Flash-and-you're-ash application. This, of course, is also why
>> there is a push to get HTML5 fully functonal.
>>
>> BC
>>
> Which is why I tried to get Bill to try the video's at the links I
> provided with Flash turned off.

Understood.

When a site does not use Flash then Firefox, for example, is smart 
enough - or at least something is smart enough :-) - to automatically 
use HTML5. For example, these are sites where HTML5 will be 
automatically used even if Flash is still enabled (in Firefox):

http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/best-html5-websites.

(And actually they are quite impressive :-) .)

BC

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