On Sunday 03 January 2016 15:43:51 David Christensen wrote: > On 01/03/2016 07:02 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Trying to find a web browser that actually works here. iceweasel > > has been so emasculated that it asks about flash everytime, bringing > > up a requester that has a button labeled "allow and remember", but > > it doesn't remember, you have to do it for every flash presented. > > Half of the time you click on it, the site has timed out, so you hit > > reload hoping you can click the ok quick enough to make it work THIS > > time. Usually it doesn't, so you never get to read or see that > > story. > > > > And some news sites stories links are totally ignored, and some get > > a "request entity to large" whatever the heck that is. > > On 01/03/2016 09:38 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Version 37.0.2062.120 Built on Debian 7.6, running on Debian 7.9 > > (281580) > > I am loath to install software by circumventing the Apt package system > -- doing so has destabilized my systems more times than I can count. > For me, the path of least resistance is Debian stable with minimal > customization. > > > Regarding IceWeasel on Wheezy, the default installation didn't seem to > include support for Flash. My guess is that the warning messages come > from a JavaScript library (on the web server, or other Internet > server) that detects the absence of an add-on to deal with the > relevant MIME type. Installing the following Debian package makes the > warnings go away and allows me to watch videos on YouTube: > > browser-plugin-gnash > This has been installed for quite some time, several months. > > David
Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
