Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 22:29:59 +0300 From: Jeff Tipton <jeff.t@mail.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to get Huawei EC1561 USB modem working under FreeBSD, 8.2? Moving on to the next problem :-) -> Flash in Firefox Message-ID: <50158F37.4040904@mail.com> In-Reply-To: <50158DB7.4030707@mail.com> References: <BLU0-SMTP3471C8D2E09366F49F58141F6C70@phx.gbl> <20120729143156.67013c5e@scorpio> <50158DB7.4030707@mail.com>
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On 07/29/2012 22:23, Jeff Tipton wrote: > On 07/29/2012 21:31, Jerry wrote: >> On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 23:35:06 +0530 >> Manish Jain articulated: >> >>> Thanks for your inputs. I have finally got FreeBSD to speak to the >>> internet. Now I have one more problem before I can live in peace. I >>> am fond of a game hosted via the Discovery channel's website : >>> >>> http://news.discovery.com/human/games-lumosity-word-bubbles.html >>> >>> The game needs Adobe flash player. So I installed >>> linux-f10-flashplugin11. But firefox 5.0 does not seem to integrate >>> with it well. I then tried installing a couple of more ports, >>> including swfdec and gnash. Still firefox won't play the game. >>> >>> Is there something special I need to do ? Thanks for any help. >> I feel your pain. I have had less than stellar success with getting a >> large number of sites to interact correctly with Firefox on FreeBSD when >> flash was involved, and sometimes even when it wasn't. I have heard >> that Opera works better but I have no personal knowledge of it. I >> finally gave up awhile ago. I just use my Windows machine when I >> absolutely, positively have to get a site working correctly. Life is >> too short to sweat the small stuff and golf is a lot more fun. >> > I have chromium-15.0.874.121 with linux-f10-flashplugin-11.1r102.55, > and I set them up as described in the FreeBSD Handbook, and they work > OK for me. True, I'm not much into games (don't use online games at > all) but otherwise I've not experienced any problem with sites that > use Flash, including Youtube. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" P.S. And yes, my midori-0.4.2, too, works well with Flash.
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