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Flash For Linux Will Only Be Available For Chrome

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Re: Flash For Linux Will Only Be Available For Chrome

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Post by nakkiel »

I think it's reasonable to assume that Adobe wants to kill Flash on GNU/Linux, but can't yet do it for Chrome due to some engagement with Google. If this is really their intent, they are going to have much more trouble justifying a kill operation on other platforms.

I forsee a slow and painful death for Flash.

Re: Flash For Linux Will Only Be Available For Chrome

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Post by ecaron »

raphinou wrote: post #7

Let's hope this is one more step to Flash irrelevance. I don't count the times that Flash caused me trouble, and I'll be happy to see it go away.

Adobe killing AIR for Linux didn't impact/slow AIR's growth in the slightest, so I would have to assume this change will also have zero impact.

Re: Flash For Linux Will Only Be Available For Chrome

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Post by ootachi »

For reference, here are the thoughts of Robert O'Callahan from Mozilla (and those of Simon Fraser from Apple) on Pepper: https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/plugin-futures/2010-April...

The thread (which continues into May) goes over pretty clearly why they felt Pepper was a bad idea.

Re: Flash For Linux Will Only Be Available For Chrome

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Post by rplnt »

moondowner wrote: post #10

So, Google agreed to make Flash on Linux available only via Chrome? Damn... But, if major Linux browsers implement Pepper API, on the other hand it will mean that we (the users) won't have to bother installing (deb/rpm/etc) packages every now or then. Maybe it will turn out better.

I guess the Google is initiator of this project and thus won't care (will make adobe not care) about other browsers implementing this API.

Just another step in pushing Chrome down everyone's throat.

Re: Flash For Linux Will Only Be Available For Chrome

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Post by gexla »

bwarp wrote: post #6

I get the feeling this isn't going to be that much of a problem. I've not got the flash plugin installed in Firefox and I'm not finding any great hardship these days. Perhaps it'll kill Flash a bit quicker considering the amount of Kiosks and Internet cafes running Firefox+Flash on Linux.

Or just maybe any improvement makes Flash usable on Linux without crashing the browser. People might actually start enabling Flash on Linux if that happens.

Re: Flash For Linux Will Only Be Available For Chrome

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Post by bwarp »

gexla wrote: post #17
bwarp wrote: post #6

I get the feeling this isn't going to be that much of a problem. I've not got the flash plugin installed in Firefox and I'm not finding any great hardship these days. Perhaps it'll kill Flash a bit quicker considering the amount of Kiosks and Internet cafes running Firefox+Flash on Linux.

Or just maybe any improvement makes Flash usable on Linux without crashing the browser. People might actually start enabling Flash on Linux if that happens.

I'll give you that. It's one of the reasons I don't have the flash plugin installed.

Re: Flash For Linux Will Only Be Available For Chrome

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Post by gexla »

raphinou wrote: post #7

Let's hope this is one more step to Flash irrelevance. I don't count the times that Flash caused me trouble, and I'll be happy to see it go away.

Yeah, most Linux users either have Flash enabled for the family and hate it or they don't install it. This is a tiny market. Nobody else will care. Linux users already didn't care. Nothing to see here.
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