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x86 Linux Flash Player 9 is Final
Schlaegel writes "The official Adobe Linux Flash blog has announced that Flash player for x86 Linux is now final and no longer beta. Every x86 Linux user, at least those willing to load binary software, can rejoice and no longer feel like a second rate citizen. Distribution packages are also available, for example the Macromedia Fedora repository already has the flash player marked for update."
It probably won't, but now you have some choice at least. Isn't that what Linux is all about?
Don't. But don't think the entire world isn't interested in what you're not interested in. There's plenty of great flash content out there.
I use flashblock because I cannot concentrate with crap dancing around on the screen.
I hate that its required as an extension (but shown my support for the principle by bugfixing it...)
ClickToView functionality should be a proper configurable option within the core system for all plugin types.
liqbase
Flash is REALLY useful. I stream my music and video across the net using flash. I know that any machine (Windows/OSX/Linux) that has flash player installed can stream my media.
Why not offer your users the option to simply download your material and let them use the player of their choosing?
Until there is a decent replacement that is just as light, Flash is here to stay.
There is no way that flash is lighter than a link to a file.
Time is what keeps everything from happening all at once.
Why not offer your users the option to simply download your material and let them use the player of their choosing?
Maybe because then you have to offer it in many different formats?
I like built-in players in webpages, because they (almost) always Just Work.
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Most Linux users ARE truly ignorant when it comes to Windows.
Rubbish. Every Linux user I know personally (ok, only a dozen or so) is required to use Windows as their primary desktop OS at their place of work. This even includes some people who are primarily Linux developers.
This daily familiarity, combined with a general technical aptitude that you can still assume from Linux users, means that very few of them are going to be "truly ignorant" of Windows. Ignorant of some internal Win32 APIs perhaps, but not ignorant in the sense that you are claiming. Most people with a passing acquaintance of computers are going to be familiar with Windows to some degree.