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Should have looked before asking that last question. I see +</I>>>>><i> Lightspark is a dependency for Gnash. +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> But do they make a functional alternative to Adobe's offering... +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> TJ +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> I tried Gnash a couple of years ago and wasn't impressed.  But now +</I>>>><i> I block flash by default (and rarely unblock) so I couldn't say. +</I>>>><i> When I tried it before, it could be installed the same time as +</I>>>><i> Flash. The latest version is in core.  So why not try it and see ? +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> As I understand it, Adobe is planning to phase out support for all +</I>>>><i> flash in favour of something based on HTML5, but I could be +</I>>>><i> mistaken. +</I>>>><i> +</I>>><i> The current version is, according to Adobe, the last one that will be +</I>>><i> released for Linux. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Anne +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Yes, something about a deal with Google that future Linux versions of the +</I>><i> plugin will be a part of Chrome and not released separately. Mozilla refused +</I>><i> to go along. I don't know the details, including whether the new +</I>><i> Flash-players will work with Chromium as well. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I'm a farmer, and I sometimes miss the local TV weather broadcast, but I can +</I>><i> watch a Flash video of it on the station's website if I do. Also, from time +</I>><i> to time I like to watch videos from the local newspaper, and of course, +</I>><i> Youtube. Not to mention the occasional instructional video. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I tried both Gnash and Lightspark from the repositories, finding that only +</I>><i> one Flash-playing plugin is allowed in Firefox. Only Adobe's offering played +</I>><i> everywhere. Gnash seemed to work OK with Youtube, but not with some other +</I>><i> sites, like that TV site mentioned above. Lightspark wasn't much, if any, +</I>><i> better. Looking at the web pages for each, I see that each has had a release +</I>><i> newer than the one in the repositories, but from what I see they haven't +</I>><i> developed enough to do what I need. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Could be that eventually, if I want to watch a video I'll just have to use +</I>><i> Chrome - no doubt what Google had in mind all along. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> TJ +</I>><i> +</I> +For youtube you can enable HTML5. For the rest of the websites, I +guess we'll use chrome :s + +-- +Diego Bello Carreño +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="007840.html">[Mageia-discuss] Flash videos +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="007842.html">[Mageia-discuss] QA bugs for MGA1 and MGA2 +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#7841">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#7841">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#7841">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#7841">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |