Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 18:55:11 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: David Southwell <david@vizion2000.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Browser choices & flash Message-ID: <20100908165511.GA64401@slackbox.erewhon.net> In-Reply-To: <201009080945.48847.david@vizion2000.net> References: <201009080945.48847.david@vizion2000.net>
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--qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Sep 08, 2010 at 09:45:48AM +0100, David Southwell wrote: > Hi > One of our freebsd systems is a user terminal with desktop. We have const= ant=20 > difficulties with web browsing on that platform. Here is the data >=20 > 1. INFO: > System: > freebsd 7.2-RELEASE-p3 - GENERIC amd64 > Desktop: > kde4.5.1 > Current installed web browser stuff: > konqueror 4.5.1 > epiphany-2.30.2_1 =20 > firefox-3.5.11,1 =20 > flashplugin-mozilla-0.4.13_5 A GPL standalone Flash (TM) plugin for Mozil= la=20 This plugin is now five years old, and doesn't seem to be in active development anymore.=20 > 3. ADVICE PLEASE > Most reliable browser combination and recomendations of specific port=20 > combinations which can deliver reliable browsing including flash capabili= ty.=20 No open source flash player works on all sites, as far as I know. If you don't mind non-free software and all the extra linux compat stuff th= at it needs, try the linux version of the Adobe flash plugin; www/linux-f10-flashplugin10 Try graphics/gnash instead if you want native software. Mind that there is a problem with the 0.8.7 version of gnash and youtube. This is fixed in 0.8.8 but that hasn't made it into ports yet. Gnash sometimes crashes, but this doesn't usualy affect firefox. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkyHv+8ACgkQEnfvsMMhpyUxZwCcDeQsLb5Jb4ocEBXb949nhn1z IQQAnjVyuDpfV9srhEkaHSrSkowzg/3t =0uiA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS--
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