Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shockwave plug in alternative

2007-08-31 Thread George MacLeod
Yeah, I had a look at Gnash and installed through Synaptic but as Terence says this only plays Flash and since Adobe already provide a Flash player plug in for Linux I guess it's only use would be in playing stand alone Flash files. If you load a web page with a Flash component it plays just fine

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shockwave plug in alternative

2007-08-29 Thread Tony Travis
Terence Simpson wrote: > Tony Travis wrote: >> Matthew Larsen wrote: >> >>> Man, where the heck am I living... >>> >> It's not perfect, but it does exist: >> >> http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnash >>[...] > That's flash, not shockwave. Hello, Terence. It's a bit confusing because

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shockwave plug in alternative

2007-08-29 Thread Terence Simpson
Tony Travis wrote: > Matthew Larsen wrote: > >> Man, where the heck am I living... >> > > It's not perfect, but it does exist: > > http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnash > > Also have a look at: > > http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/ > > [flameproof underpants on] let's be pragmatic

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shockwave plug in alternative

2007-08-29 Thread Tony Travis
Matthew Larsen wrote: > Man, where the heck am I living... It's not perfect, but it does exist: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnash Also have a look at: http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/ [flameproof underpants on] let's be pragmatic about this! Tony. -- Dr. A.J.Travis,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shockwave plug in alternative

2007-08-29 Thread Matthew Larsen
Man, where the heck am I living... On 29/08/2007, George MacLeod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mathew, > there is no Linux version > (http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/alternates/) only > thing they have is the Flash player. > > I also notice that there is a petition ( > http://www.petitionon

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shockwave plug in alternative

2007-08-29 Thread George MacLeod
Mathew, there is no Linux version ( http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/alternates/) only thing they have is the Flash player. I also notice that there is a petition ( http://www.petitiononline.com/linuxswp/petition.html) to get Adobe to make a Linux version. On 28/08/2007, Matthew Larsen

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shockwave plug in alternative

2007-08-28 Thread Terence Simpson
George MacLeod wrote: > Hi, > I want to view Macromedia Director presentations in Firefox, which is OK in > windows using the shockwave plug in, does anyone know if there is a way of > doing this in Ubuntu as there doesn't seem to be a Linux version of the plug > in? > cheers > > The only way I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shockwave plug in alternative

2007-08-28 Thread Matthew Larsen
but ... I thought there IS a linux version of it! :S Regards, On 28/08/07, George MacLeod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I want to view Macromedia Director presentations in Firefox, which is OK in > windows using the shockwave plug in, does anyone know if there is a way of > doing this in Ubu

[ubuntu-uk] Shockwave plug in alternative

2007-08-28 Thread George MacLeod
Hi, I want to view Macromedia Director presentations in Firefox, which is OK in windows using the shockwave plug in, does anyone know if there is a way of doing this in Ubuntu as there doesn't seem to be a Linux version of the plug in? cheers -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/