Lightspark 0.4.2 Open Source Flash Player Released

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday July 21, 2010 @03:42AM from the gotta-start-somewhere dept.

suraj.sun writes "The Lightspark project has released version 0.4.2 of its free, open source Flash player. According to Lightspark developer Alessandro Pignotti, the alternative Flash Player implementation is 'designed from the ground up to be efficient on current and (hopefully) future hardware.' The latest release of Lightspark features better compatibility with YouTube videos, sound synchronization support and the ability to use fontconfig for font selection. Other changes include plug-in support for Google's Chrome/Chromium web browser and support for Firefox's out of process plug-in (OOPP) mode, which was added in version 3.6.4 of the browser."

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Re:Project page by tenco · 2010-07-21 04:05 · Score: 0, Flamebait

You must be new here.
Re:embrace and extend by Draek · 2010-07-21 05:07 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Apple just wants the best products and doesn't want to have to depend on others to get them, and Flash is the opposite of both of those things.
And proof of it is their excellent support for Ogg and FLAC on their products. Oh, wait.

Heck, their biggest competitor in their fastest-growing market is basing their entire web experience on Apple's browser engine
Apple's? me thinks you were a bit too generous with the kool-aid this morning.

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