From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 3 18:53:56 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90F2B16A41F for ; Tue, 3 Jul 2007 18:53:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erik@cepheid.org) Received: from mail.cepheid.org (wintermute.cepheid.org [64.92.165.98]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD33C13C4BB for ; Tue, 3 Jul 2007 18:53:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erik@cepheid.org) Received: by mail.cepheid.org (Postfix, from userid 1006) id BFBC0170CE; Tue, 3 Jul 2007 13:36:07 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 13:36:07 -0500 From: Erik Osterholm To: RW Message-ID: <20070703183607.GA10612@idoru.cepheid.org> Mail-Followup-To: Erik Osterholm , RW , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <54357.74.64.6.149.1183317914.squirrel@mail.el.net> <3507.24.1.37.132.1183435028.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com> <20070703081111.B306.GERARD-SEIBERT@seibercom.net> <20070703144558.36f87262@gumby.homeunix.com.> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070703144558.36f87262@gumby.homeunix.com.> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:53:56 -0000 On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 02:45:58PM +0100, RW wrote: > Can anyone comment on how well Flash9 works in a real Linux > distribution? > > In particular does it have the problem where the flash item turns > into a blank box after a few seconds. If that problem exists in Linux > there's a decent chance it will get fixed by Adobe. I get this occasionally, usually when I have multiple tabs open with Flash items on each page. Of course, I usually run Firefox with Flash Block, so I don't tend to see this frequently in that browser--only when I forget to close tabs when I'm done with them. In Opera, it's much more common, because I don't have that plugin. Erik