Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 00:35:43 -0600 From: Christopher Farley <chris@northernbrewer.com> To: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> Cc: Steve Brown <gtabug@prayforwind.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How do I tell Netscape I have flash? Message-ID: <20011113003540.B46507@northernbrewer.com> In-Reply-To: <20011112213529.A9962@tao.thought.org>; from kline@tao.thought.org on Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 09:35:29PM -0800 References: <20011113.1023400@prayforwind.com> <20011112213529.A9962@tao.thought.org>
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Gary Kline (kline@tao.thought.org) wrote: > Rather than fight a losing battle with closed-source, > proprietary software, I've slowly been switching over to > mozilla. I think we've got mozilla plugins that should work > natively with FreeBSD. > > ...I'd like to hear from other hackers (or even just savvy > users) about plugins ... and related stuff. Mmm, I think the vast majority of plugins are closed-source and distributed as precompiled binaries, and I don't know of any major plug-in (Java, Flash, Acrobat, RealPlayer, etc.) that distributes a FreeBSD version. However, Linux plugins are generally available, and it is trivial to install a Linux Mozilla binary. Just build gtk for Linux via /usr/ports/x11-toolkits/linux-gtk, and download a recent Linux build of Mozilla. Performance seems about as good as the native FreeBSD version. Unlike the last native version I built, the Linux binary I downloaded seems to have some problems returning me to the proper page with the 'back' button. I'm not sure if this is related to the Linux compatibility mode, or to a defect in the particular version of Mozilla. -- Christopher Farley www.northernbrewer.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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