Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 15:35:41 +0100 (BST) > From: Paul Sladen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Flash at Myspace.com ( > To: British Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > On Sun, 18 Jun 2006, Grant wrote: > > I found this.... Does this work > > http://sdc.shockwave.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&P2_Platform=Linux&P3_Browser_Version=Netscape4 > > If you look at this page, you'll see: > > Version: 7,0,63,0 > ^^^ > which is the reason for the other suggestion to use the version 8 > designed for MS Windows. > > -Paul
Also please understand that we cannot blame the floss community for flash problems. It is propriety and has been badly programmed on Linux. It eats CPU intensively. We should avoid using these tools so encouragement can be made to open source it. Granted its a real issue in terms of freedom, hence why GNASH is under development right now by the free software foundation. GNASH is the engine, and you will be able to use that instead. Its just going to be hard, to get the masses to change to it. In terms of development its best to always rely on standards and I personally avoid propriety things. This way it guarantees that all users no matter what platform will be able to use your site. I'm hoping java will go open source and I think it will happen, just a case of how. Imagine that engines could be cloned, cut down to make a new engine like flash. If you do use a propriety element in web design Java is probably a better way to go, due to its good overall support on multi-platforms. And at least sun do contribute to us GNOME users, and various other projects. Regards Lee -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
