From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 15 12:23:05 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 9242E16A403 for ; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:23:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from buhnux@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.180]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2DAA43D5C for ; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:23:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from buhnux@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id o67so3742788pye for ; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 05:23:04 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=gvXFTWT/rnXQgWUAcXtMCmwDJzLd8ZlnnsOYgwn50OXkdnkyIZJRKdx2GUQE3zXDupl6UhrkdpWq4lO9328to9jWU3SiS9lin1a9oexO7/9SSWGaZ1MBiBiCMM49VBPMKFSEfBwjvwtCQQEa4e095/dVtgEeqo0x3PI5bFxvvYA= Received: by 10.35.109.2 with SMTP id l2mr17160161pym; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 05:23:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.90.6 with HTTP; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 05:23:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 08:23:03 -0400 From: "michael johnson" Sender: buhnux@gmail.com To: "Garrett Cooper" In-Reply-To: <3E42E83B-EFB0-4BCA-BFF3-5116AEE93B19@u.washington.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20060914222340.41828.qmail@web60119.mail.yahoo.com> <407F2CFB-1DED-4466-86E2-ACD171AD07CC@mac.com> <3E42E83B-EFB0-4BCA-BFF3-5116AEE93B19@u.washington.edu> X-Google-Sender-Auth: d0186cf6493c95d2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 12:23:05 -0000 On 9/14/06, Garrett Cooper wrote: > > On Sep 15, 2006, at 7:54 AM, 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. > > > > -- > > -Chuck > > Unfortunately a lot of consumer sites are starting to use flash as a > semi-static and predictable way to deliver content to people; it's > incredibly annoying, and becomes very noticeable once you install > stuff that blocks SWF files: http://www.noscript.net/whats :). Thus, > that is one solution to get rid of your ads (adblock+ is another, but > meh), so you can keep Flash functionality and get rid of crappy Flash > animations, while surfing the net. > > Also, FYI: a lot of sites have built animations with (Adobe) Flash 9, > so unless you have a Windows or Mac PC nearby you probably won't be > able to load up animations on a Unix PC as the latest version > available is 7. Go to http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform and ask adobe for a native version of flash for FreeBSD. -Garrett > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >