Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:53:41 -0500 From: Gerard <gerard@seibercom.net> To: FreeBSD Question <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Another question based on: Re: HOW-TO get Flash7 working! Message-ID: <20080113095341.4e34f42e@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20080113082515.19316v8x3pbs3tcs@intranet.encontacto.net> References: <64c038660801040516u5c42a6cpadb475ad67fb4730@mail.gmail.com> <20080104174955.52aa33fd@gumby.homeunix.com> <64c038660801041029t1a9662bayed3ca02fd46c7ece@mail.gmail.com> <64c038660801041226k1d350bc6p727e4666ea295727@mail.gmail.com> <477FFE14.1010704@monkeybrains.net> <477FFF63.50004@gmail.com> <47801D54.8050709@gmail.com> <47803E3F.2080005@monkeybrains.net> <47804901.6090007@gmail.com> <4786BF45.8030602@monkeybrains.net> <4786CEDC.3050009@chuckr.org> <20080111170711.t6wxj1bc68cgwwk4@webmail.leidinger.net> <4787E597.9040902@chuckr.org> <20080112213747.443a4833@deskjail> <20080113082515.19316v8x3pbs3tcs@intranet.encontacto.net>
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--Sig_/hFA7_cI0yCnF4itfD9FiIcp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:25:15 -0600 eculp <eculp@encontacto.net> wrote: [snip] =20 > Flash is becoming more dominate daily and there are many sites that =20 > are basically unusable without it. Some banking, telco, etc. sites, =20 > etc. That are difficult if not impossible too use for account > access without flash and don't pay much attention to end user > requests based on the installed base of Flash[89]. That brings up > another detail, many sites now require Flash[89] even though they > don't actually need it probably to impress their customers with their > being on the technological, bleeding edge. Unfortunately, the poor support for Flash, as well as other common web features under FBSD, is a prime reason that I continue to keep my WinXP PC operational. At least Window's Internet Explorer, despite its real or alleged problems, can correctly access virtually any site I want or need to visit. As the above poster stated, being able to correctly and expeditiously navigate through a banking site is an important criteria. I belong to a state 'Officials Association' that deals with officiating High School sports. Their site is written in such a way that Flash with either Windows Media Player or QuickTime are required to properly view the site. Try as I might, I have never gotten either Opera or Firefox using FBSD to correctly view that site. I basically just gave up on it. The same problem exists with many sites sponsored by Google for instance. If this was 1990, perhaps I could understand it. However, considering the present state of computing, the fact that plug-ins like Flash are not simple drop-in applets, similar to the way Internet Explorer handles them, is simply not acceptable. Just my 2=A2. --=20 Gerard gerard@seibercom.net The next unpopular group to have its rights taken away should be illegal aliens. --Sig_/hFA7_cI0yCnF4itfD9FiIcp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkeKJfUACgkQ6DWTaTcTwMmRlgCginGIKWuU5zunNb7/wJOM8w9J 4E4AoNiSkhgiHIT6VQtycHDguGuU2V8R =OJqi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/hFA7_cI0yCnF4itfD9FiIcp--
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