Macromedia

2006-04-21 Thread Chad Gross
I know this has been an exhaustive topic as of late, but it needs to be addressed. Flash should be supported in some fashion on FreeBSD and now we can't even run the Linux plugin (not that it worked without crashing Firefox constantly anyway). Their license is unacceptable and we need to speak up.

Re: Macromedia

2006-04-23 Thread Sam Lawrance
Chad Gross gmail.com> writes: > > I know this has been an exhaustive topic as of late, but it needs to > be addressed. Flash should be supported in some fashion on FreeBSD and > now we can't even run the Linux plugin (not that it worked without > crashing Firefox constantly anyway). Their licens

Re: Macromedia

2006-04-24 Thread Pablo Delgado
It would be nice to have a native plugin. I personally do not install the Linux Compat, and don't really plan on ever doing so. If an application does not provide a FreeBSD port I just don't use it. So I too requested that they consider creating a FreeBSD port. Hopefully we get enough users to b

Re: Macromedia

2006-04-25 Thread Pablo Delgado
I am not sure if this link to there wish list has been passed around yet so here it is again just in case. This link was sent to me by a rep at macromedia telling me that request on their wish list guides there development. So I guess we should all put on this wishlist for a FBSD native player

Macromedia Flash for FreeBSD petition

2006-01-07 Thread Andrew L. Gould
I have read, and signed the online petition for Flash at: http://www.petitiononline.com/flash4me/petition.html I'm not sure that telling Macromedia that people will not switch to FreeBSD until FreeBSD has Flash will be very persuasive. Macromedia (probably) does not care about FreeBSD. The

Fwd: Macromedia Customer Service Request [8542731]

2006-04-24 Thread Chad Gross
Hello all, This is the letter that Macromedia support sent back to me. We now have documentation which allows us to put the Flash plugin back in ports. -- Forwarded message -- From: Service <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Apr 24, 2006 5:55 PM Subject: Macromedia Customer S

Re: Fwd: Macromedia Customer Service Request [8542731]

2006-04-25 Thread Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg
Chad Gross wrote: > Hello all, > > This is the letter that Macromedia support sent back to me. We now > have documentation which allows us to put the Flash plugin back in > ports. > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Service <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Macromedia Customer Service Request [8542731] (fwd)

2006-04-25 Thread Li-Lun Wang (Leland Wang)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, IMHO, their customer support is either trying to dodge the problem or does not understand the problem at all. They are trying to direct your question into a compatibiliy concern rather than a legal issue. In order to download and install flash pla

Re: Fwd: Macromedia Customer Service Request [8542731]

2006-04-25 Thread Michael Vince
Chad Gross wrote: Hello all, This is the letter that Macromedia support sent back to me. We now have documentation which allows us to put the Flash plugin back in ports. -- Forwarded message -- From: Service <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Apr 24, 2006 5:55 PM Subject: Macr

Petition! Ask Macromedia for a native Flash Player!

2006-03-18 Thread Charles A. Landemaine
If we want FreeBSD/PC-BSD to thrive, we need more and more support from the big guys. Having a native version of the Flash Player is necessary. But I think it's not so hard to get this release from Macromedia, it just takes a minute to fill out a feature request form: http://www.macromedi

Re: Petition! Ask Macromedia for a native Flash Player!

2006-03-18 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Charles A. Landemaine wrote: If we want FreeBSD/PC-BSD to thrive, we need more and more support from the big guys. Having a native version of the Flash Player is necessary. But I think it's not so hard to get this release from Macromedia, it just takes a minute to fill out a feature re

Re: Petition! Ask Macromedia for a native Flash Player!

2006-03-18 Thread Vijay Kaul
elease from Macromedia, it just takes a minute to fill out a feature request form: http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform&product=17&6213=19 ;) Together we are strong, if you would like to help, please ask Macromedia to release a native FreeBSD Flash plugin. Then, spr

Re: Petition! Ask Macromedia for a native Flash Player!

2006-03-19 Thread Joshua Tinnin
On Sat 18 Mar 06 08:52, "Charles A. Landemaine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If we want FreeBSD/PC-BSD to thrive, we need more and more support > from the big guys. > > Having a native version of the Flash Player is necessary. But I think > it's not so hard to

Re: Petition! Ask Macromedia for a native Flash Player!

2006-03-19 Thread David Stanford
I think > >it's not so hard to get this release from Macromedia, it just takes a > >minute to fill out a feature request form: > > > http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform&product=17&6213=19 > >;) > > > > > >Together we

Re: Petition! Ask Macromedia for a native Flash Player!

2006-03-20 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
native version of the Flash Player is necessary. But I think >> it's not so hard to get this release from Macromedia, it just takes a >> minute to fill out a feature request form: >> http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform&product=17&

Re: Petition! Ask Macromedia for a native Flash Player!

2006-03-20 Thread Ádám Szilveszter
Giorgos Keramidas said: > Having said that, I hate Flash, because it makes pages very unusable > for > me most of the time. Some of the pains involve the inability to use a > text-based browser for quicky accesses, the inability to select a font > size that matches my preference, the inability to