Best soloution(s) for handling all the varied media content on the web?

[Conrad J. Sabatier]

I'm just wondering what practical solutions people have arrived at for
handling all the varied types of media on the web in their browser.
I'd really like to be able to view sites like YouTube, etc. and
Flash-enabled sites, with a minimum of hassle.

I'm running 9.0-HEAD amd64, by the way, so that cuts down my options
somewhat, I think (for instance, 32-bit and/or Linux plugins are
somewhat problematic).

Any relatively simple solutions for handling at least the most popular
media types?

Thanks.

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Conrad J. Sabatier
conrads at cox.net