Firefox+Flash

[michael johnson]

On 9/14/06, Garrett Cooper <youshi10 at u.washington.edu> 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
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