Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:13:08 +0900 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firefox+Flash Message-ID: <3E42E83B-EFB0-4BCA-BFF3-5116AEE93B19@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <407F2CFB-1DED-4466-86E2-ACD171AD07CC@mac.com> References: <20060914222340.41828.qmail@web60119.mail.yahoo.com> <407F2CFB-1DED-4466-86E2-ACD171AD07CC@mac.com>
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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. -Garrett
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