From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 15 17:50:08 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE26316A40F for ; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:50:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jaj13@web.de) Received: from fmmailgate03.web.de (fmmailgate03.web.de [217.72.192.234]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEB4B43D45 for ; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:50:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jaj13@web.de) Received: from smtp08.web.de (fmsmtp08.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.5.216]) by fmmailgate03.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AC631FA5BA0; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 19:50:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [83.99.27.193] (helo=[10.0.0.11]) by smtp08.web.de with esmtp (WEB.DE 4.107 #114) id 1GOHpF-0007XX-00; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 19:50:05 +0200 Message-ID: <450AE7CC.60501@web.de> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 19:50:04 +0200 From: Jona Joachim User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060915) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jerry McAllister 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> <20060915155846.GA81142@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20060915155846.GA81142@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: jaj13@web.de X-Sender: jaj13@web.de Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Firefox+Flash X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:50:08 -0000 Jerry McAllister wrote: > 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? SVG 1.1 Tiny became a W3C recommendation on 14th January 2003 so I believe they will implement it sonner or later --jona