Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:58:46 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Jona Joachim <jaj13@web.de> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Firefox+Flash Message-ID: <20060915155846.GA81142@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <450ACC4D.2090500@web.de> References: <20060914222340.41828.qmail@web60119.mail.yahoo.com> <407F2CFB-1DED-4466-86E2-ACD171AD07CC@mac.com> <4509F7DB.7080500@web.de> <20060915144538.GB80615@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <450ACC4D.2090500@web.de>
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On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 05:52:45PM +0200, Jona Joachim wrote: > Jerry McAllister wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 02:46:19AM +0200, Jona Joachim wrote: > > > >> Chuck Swiger wrote: > >>> On Sep 14, 2006, at 3:23 PM, Peter wrote: > >>>> Yes, the Flash issue is a real bummer. It is best *not* to show your > >>>> friends that when you introduce them to FBSD. > >>> Why? Is there some reason that you or they want to watch ads? > >>> > >>> I can't think of a single site that I use that needs Flash; I don't > >>> install it even on a Windows or MacOS X box. > >> I don't have the need for Flash either. Youtube and Google Video should > >> provide their videos in a proper way. > >> I still believe in dynamic SVG for clear animations. You can watch one > >> of those on the Opera site about SVG, it's great. > >> Nobody needs proprietary binary formats on the Internet. > > > > Nice thought, but the real world is full of flash, much as it annoys me. > > > > By the way, I didn't find an SVG animation on the Opera page though > > it mentioned SVG and hyped it a little. > > It's there: http://www.opera.com/products/desktop/svg/ > Your browser has to support SVG 1.1 Tiny to view it. I know that Firefox > (even 2.0) and Konqueror don't support it yet. Opera supports it from > version 8 on. OK. I see it. But since I am running Firefox, it doesn't do much. Are you proposing to add SVG to Firefox or create a 'plugin' for Firefox? ////jerry > > --jona
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