On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 11:15:28PM -0400, wrote > I'm getting rather annoyed with Firefox. I don't want to get into > that flamewar right now. I'm trying to migrate to UZBL. The latest git > version is a lot better than the stale stable version. The uzbl-9999 > ebuild is broken (yes, I've filed a bug), so I pull directly from git > and build and install to ~/.local. It's a steep learning curve, and > I've gradually resolved almost every issue. The last reason to have > Firefox or Opera hanging around is Flash. I subscribe to NHL GameCenter > Live and Live365.com, so Flash functionality is mandatory for me. > > The git version of UZBL requires a recent version of webkit, which > requires gtk3. Flash is a gtk2 program, so it doesn't work.
Correction to the above. I'm not a C programmer or developer, but I tweaked the "Makefile", and the git version of uzbl now builds with a recent gtk2, rather than gtk3, and consequently Flash runs fine. The tweak consists of changing 1 line in the Makefile from... ENABLE_GTK3 ?= auto ...to... ENABLE_GTK3 ?= no The git version allows you to launch multiple simultaneous instances *WITH DIFFERENT CONFIGURATION FILES*. I usually launch using the config file with plugins disabled. For the sites where I need Flash, I launch the with plugin-enabled config. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
