64 bit Firefox & Flash

[John Summerfield]

Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Gregory Maxwell wrote:
>> Do many users have a use for flash with no video/audio support, zero
>> possibility of video/audio support, and generally poor compatibility
>> otherwise?
> 
> With the appropriate GStreamer plugins from RPM Fusion, several video and
> audio stuff actually works. Not all though.
> 
> I agree about the poor compatibility, I'm not all that happy with it. Still,
> it's the only Free Software Flash solution which works with Konqueror,
> which is why I picked the Fedora package up when it got orphaned. (There's
> swfdec, but that still doesn't have a Konqueror plugin and AFAIK their
> Mozilla plugin doesn't work in Konqueror, though I haven't tried it in
> 4.2.)
> 
> But mostly I'd just recommend not to use Flash at all. I hate Flash ads. (At

I don't like flash ads, but try this for size:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX5av-Ovzyk&feature=channel_page

even if you have to boot Windows to do it;-)


> least with Gnash you can just right-click and "Quit Gnash" to get rid of
> them.) What's annoying is that Firefox keeps prompting for plugin
> installation every single time. Konqueror can be told to remember a "No"
> answer. If all you need Flash for is YouTube, there are downloaders who can
> download the videos so they can be played with a local media player such as
> Kaffeine or Totem (given appropriate xine-lib or GStreamer plugins from RPM
> Fusion).

There may be reasons to download stuff from youtube, but none of them is 
convenience for those things you only want to see once.


> 
>         Kevin Kofler
> 


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John

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