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Once upon a time videos used to be embedded directly, allowing different software to be used with their own plugins (VLC, mplayers, etc...). I assume people started using Flash on their websites because it would be "simpler" for most people. Well, for me, it's made things only worse.
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I'll have to agree, I like YouTube, but other than that I hate Flash and hope HTML5 will replace it. Stage 6, as a video portal, was really nice and was working well with VLC, but now that it's closed, there's only Google Video and YouTube left.
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]To be honest I'm fine not having flash on my install aside from youtube most flash sites/ads just annoy the hell out of me. I don't want a website using 10% of my CPU, especially when I'm on a laptop running of the batteries. The sooner flash & silverlight die the better in my opinion.
Anyway, it seems that progress is being made. Anyone have an idea on the ETA for 64-bit flash on linux? It's been several years already so I'm not holding my breath.Last edited by Aradreth; 17 May 2008, 07:35 AM.
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Originally posted by StringCheesian View PostSo what if Flash limits you to 32 bit? It's still better than being limited to Windows..
If I had a dime for every time a browser/sound system/desktop update broke flash......Last edited by deanjo; 17 May 2008, 05:15 AM.
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Originally posted by deanjo View Post
Originally posted by jlward4thAlso, in case you are wondering about the lack of 64bit support, you can help make it happen! Check out my blog for details:
http://www.jamesward.org/wordpress/2...-flash-player/
Anyway, it seems that progress is being made. Anyone have an idea on the ETA for 64-bit flash on linux? It's been several years already so I'm not holding my breath.
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Originally posted by deanjo View PostHow the heck can you say that Adobe and Sun are careful to make sure that they are compatible across OS's? Do you see 64-bit plug-ins from either one?
Originally posted by deanjo View PostAs far " will face the same uphill battle that Firefox did in getting web devs to write portable standards compliant code.", sorry dude your wrong on that part. FF did not try to get webdevs to follow standards compliant code as their own browser did not follow W3C compliance.Last edited by StringCheesian; 17 May 2008, 04:07 AM.
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Originally posted by StringCheesian View PostNow contrast that with the way Adobe and Sun are so careful to make sure Flash Player and Java are as identical as possible between operating systems. It's more foolproof for developers who don't know or care about other platforms and portability. And therefore better for Linux and Mac users.
As far " will face the same uphill battle that Firefox did in getting web devs to write portable standards compliant code.", sorry dude your wrong on that part. FF did not try to get webdevs to follow standards compliant code as their own browser did not follow W3C compliance. FF is still trying to achieve that compliance in their browser and finally decided that it was easier to drop their own implementations in the gecko engine and join the WebKit movement which does offer that.Last edited by deanjo; 17 May 2008, 02:55 AM.
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You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar, guys.
I for one appreciate:
1. the presence of somebody from Adobe here
2. that the Linux version was released promptly
I'd like to thank everybody at Adobe for the above.
Originally posted by deanjo View PostI really truly hope silverlight becomes the new web standard. At least it's open and truly crossplatform and already supports 64-bit.
Now contrast that with the way Adobe and Sun are so careful to make sure Flash Player and Java are as identical as possible between operating systems. It's more foolproof for developers who don't know or care about other platforms and portability. And therefore better for Linux and Mac users.
Since 9 was released, all the Flash I've encountered on the internet has worked perfectly on Linux. Given Microsoft's history and the imperfect level of compatibility between .Net and Mono, I don't think it's realistic to expect the same with Silverlight.Last edited by StringCheesian; 17 May 2008, 02:14 AM.
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Originally posted by Svartalf View PostScrew that... We just need people to work at providing the standards compliant support (funny...there IS a standard out there for this stuff, and it's NOT Flash or Silverlight...) for things like SVG, etc.
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Originally posted by deanjo View PostI really truly hope silverlight becomes the new web standard. At least it's open and truly crossplatform and already supports 64-bit.
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