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Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 23:28:03 -0600
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Subject: Re: Firefox and Macromedia Flash Plugin...
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Roland Smith wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 10:09:45AM -0600, Eric Schuele wrote:
> 
>>I have searched the archives and googled a good bit.  Everyone seems to 
>>rely on the Linux plugin wrapper.  Is there a 'no Linux compatibility" 
>>alternative that works well with Firefox?
> 
> 
> There is a port called flashplugin-firefox, using libflash. I tried it
> but is was prone to crashing on amd64, on 5.3-RELEASE-p4.

I agree... after using it this evening (flashplugin-firefox with no 
other supporting ports) it has proven very unstable.  A few sites 
worked... but that was definitely the exception.  Many failed either 
proving unresponsive or by pulling firefox down completely.

Z.Z. suggested a few additional linux ports.  I may give them a try as well.

> 
> Roland


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Regards,
Eric