Re: [PLUG] flash on firerfox to stop?

2012-02-25 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 02/25/2012 11:09 AM, Mayuresh wrote: On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 10:41:09AM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: Really? 5 years of security updates has been committed to. You got Chrome and I am sure Gnash will catch up given the static state of Flash at this point. I don't see any reason to fuss

Re: [PLUG] flash on firerfox to stop?

2012-02-25 Thread Mayuresh
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 10:12:21PM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2012/02/adobe-and-google-partnering-for-flash-player-on-linux.html Because of this work, Adobe has been able to partner with Google in providing a ?Pepper? implementation of Flash Player for all

Re: [PLUG] flash on firerfox to stop?

2012-02-25 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 02/25/2012 11:51 PM, Mayuresh wrote: Now, one might say they are doing the right thing by supporting more widely used platform first. But that's where lies the worry. You are solely at their mercy if no other OSS initiatives (firefox for instance) are allowed to develop those

Re: [PLUG] flash on firerfox to stop?

2012-02-24 Thread Mayuresh
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 07:12:31PM +0530, Mayuresh wrote: http://www.cio.in/news/adobe-linux-users-get-chrome-or-forget-flash-230152012 More views and counter views:

[PLUG] flash on firerfox to stop?

2012-02-24 Thread gauravs joshi
no need to worry there is already an alternative for adobe flash on linux GNASH and LIGHTSPARK Install GNASH :Homepage http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/ sudo apt-get install gnash mozilla-plugin-gnash Install LIGHTSPARK :Homepage http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/lightspark - sudo

Re: [PLUG] flash on firerfox to stop?

2012-02-24 Thread Shridhar Daithankar
On Saturday, February 25, 2012 10:15:09 AM Mayuresh wrote: Poor users. Do they have a choice? Just tried gnash 0.8.10. no luck with those few youtube video that still needs flash and some of the other sites I tested briefly. no choice for users, sadly.. -- Regards Shridhar

Re: [PLUG] flash on firerfox to stop?

2012-02-24 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 02/25/2012 10:22 AM, Shridhar Daithankar wrote: On Saturday, February 25, 2012 10:15:09 AM Mayuresh wrote: Poor users. Do they have a choice? Just tried gnash 0.8.10. no luck with those few youtube video that still needs flash and some of the other sites I tested briefly. no choice

Re: [PLUG] flash on firerfox to stop?

2012-02-24 Thread Mayuresh
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 10:22:08AM +0530, Shridhar Daithankar wrote: no choice for users, sadly.. Worse for BSD users - no chrome either as yet. Currently Linux-flash plugin works fine on BSDs through Linux emulation layer. Do not know whether flash-through-chrome arrangement applies to Linux

Re: [PLUG] flash on firerfox to stop?

2012-02-24 Thread Mayuresh
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 10:41:09AM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: Really? 5 years of security updates has been committed to. You got Chrome and I am sure Gnash will catch up given the static state of Flash at this point. I don't see any reason to fuss about. Not sure whether chrome-on-linux

Re: [PLUG] flash on firerfox to stop?

2012-02-24 Thread Shridhar Daithankar
On Saturday, February 25, 2012 10:41:09 AM Rahul Sundaram wrote: On 02/25/2012 10:22 AM, Shridhar Daithankar wrote: On Saturday, February 25, 2012 10:15:09 AM Mayuresh wrote: Poor users. Do they have a choice? Just tried gnash 0.8.10. no luck with those few youtube video that still

Re: [PLUG] flash on firerfox to stop?

2012-02-24 Thread Shridhar Daithankar
On Saturday, February 25, 2012 11:01:31 AM Mayuresh wrote: On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 10:22:08AM +0530, Shridhar Daithankar wrote: no choice for users, sadly.. Worse for BSD users - no chrome either as yet. Currently Linux-flash plugin works fine on BSDs through Linux emulation layer. Do

Re: [PLUG] flash on firerfox to stop?

2012-02-24 Thread Mayuresh
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 11:34:58AM +0530, Shridhar Daithankar wrote: I would rather see flash being obsolete, than see a a competant OSS flash alternative. Amen.. Mayuresh. ___ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List

[PLUG] flash on firerfox to stop?

2012-02-23 Thread Mayuresh
http://www.cio.in/news/adobe-linux-users-get-chrome-or-forget-flash-230152012 Not a welcome news. BTW does HTML5 have something that will make flash redundant over long time? Mayuresh ___ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List

Re: [PLUG] flash on firerfox to stop?

2012-02-23 Thread Shridhar Daithankar
On Thursday, February 23, 2012 07:12:31 PM Mayuresh wrote: http://www.cio.in/news/adobe-linux-users-get-chrome-or-forget-flash-23015201 2 Not a welcome news. May be not.. shrug-and-move-ahead may be? These days it is easy enough to call somebody and tell them that their site does not work