On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 05:49:44PM +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: > On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 5:46 PM, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 05:38:12PM +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > > Ok, so now they are making that stupid TV player work on the Wii too > > > now, they are just avoiding us Linux users. > > > > > > > > http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/04/09/bbc-launches-iplayer-wii > > > > > > It cannot be that hard to create the content/application necessary for > > > allowing playback of BBC shows on Linux, more specifically the iPlayer > > > app. > > > > > > > Er, the Wii version just uses a browser and the flash plugin, exactly the > > same as you do on Linux, Windows or Mac. They just tweaked it a bit to work > > with the manky browser you get on the Wii. Very little effort for > > potentially very large gain. > > > > Cheers, > > Al. > > > There are a few drawbacks for the flash version though, like the > requirement for flash, which is sometimes hard to fulfil. >
Well as flash comes with Opera on the Wii, there's no problem here. I think Alan's point was that the Beeb didn't have to go to too much effort to add this from what's already there. Allowing Linux users to download the programs is a whole different game. Iain -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
