Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 23:30:25 -0500 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net> To: nawcom <nawcom@nawcom.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stop Adobe Flash Petition Message-ID: <20080803233025.5052693a@serene.no-ip.org> In-Reply-To: <4896444E.3000002@nawcom.com> References: <20080626103955.GA28128@rwxrwxrwx.net> <20080803210711.6a0612a8@serene.no-ip.org> <4896444E.3000002@nawcom.com>
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On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:50:38 +0000 nawcom <nawcom@nawcom.com> wrote: > I checked out the flash at the University of Utah site, and I must say > it is impressive for gnash. Looks like that swf was made with Flash 7, > or at least that's its minimum requirement. Unfortunately, gnash has a > while to go, as it will never be in a satisfactory state until - it > loads YouTube videos. Yes, ridiculous, but true, since I'm sure that is > one of the many flash sites that people want to load. :( > -Ben I've watched YouTube videos with Gnash, even with version 0.8.3. Not *all* of them worked, mind you, but quite a substantial number. Here's one of my favorites (a real hoot, actually; a "translation", with accompanying "visual aids", of what Joe Cocker was actually singing at Woodstock) :-) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4_MsrsKzMM > Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > > On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:39:55 +0200 > > Martin Tournoij <carpetsmoker@rwxrwxrwx.net> wrote: > > > > > >> Sign it here: > >> > >> http://www.petitiononline.com/0034655a/petition.html > >> > > > > [snip] > > > > Well, personally, I'd rather light a candle than curse the darkness, > > so... > > > > Today, I fetched the repo sources for the "HEAD" version of gnash, > > built and installed it, and I must say, it's working far better than > > the latest release version (0.8.3). Sites that wouldn't work properly > > before are now displaying beautifully. Here's a good example of a > > site that would break before, but works now: > > > > http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/addiction/drugs/mouse.cfm > > > > See http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/#downloading for info on how to > > obtain the sources. You'll need to install devel/bazaar-ng (yes, yet > > another version control system!) to fetch the code. > > > > To configure, I ran "gnash -V" using the existing (0.8.3) version and > > copied the configuration switches from the resulting output. Then ran > > gmake to build and install (after pkg_deleting the old version, of > > course). > > > > I'm pleased with the results. Still not 100% perfect, but a whole > > heck of a lot better. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- PROOF OF GOD #348. ARGUMENT FROM DICTATORSHIP (1) Dictators do not believe in God. (2) Dictators are wrong. (3) Therefore, God exists.
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