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Re: Flash For Linux Will Only Be Available For Chrome

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Post by icebraining » Wed, Feb 22, 2012, 1:08 PM UTC

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.

Here, Gnash already works fine when I really need Flash, which isn't often.

Re: Flash For Linux Will Only Be Available For Chrome

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Post by loevborg » Wed, Feb 22, 2012, 1:09 PM UTC

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.

I think Adobe is nuts to be so hostile to its Linux users. Surely it can't be that expensive to continue developing the old plugin? The thing Flash had going for it was its ubiquity: it worked on all (desktop) browser. Now that that's gone, this will be another good reason not to have new projects depend on Flash.

Re: Flash For Linux Will Only Be Available For Chrome

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Post by slowpoke » Wed, Feb 22, 2012, 1:09 PM UTC

Dear Adobe: just kill Flash already, for good. The world (wide web) will be a better place.

Re: Flash For Linux Will Only Be Available For Chrome

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Post by drats » Wed, Feb 22, 2012, 1:09 PM UTC

ecaron wrote: post #12

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.

Can't tell if you are serious. Who uses AIR? I've never seen it.

Re: Flash For Linux Will Only Be Available For Chrome

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Post by winthrowe » Wed, Feb 22, 2012, 1:13 PM UTC

drats wrote: post #24

ecaron wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Can't tell if you are serious. Who uses AIR? I've never seen it.

Grooveshark's desktop app used it. Only place I've personally seen it in the wild.

Re: Flash For Linux Will Only Be Available For Chrome

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Post by lwhi » Wed, Feb 22, 2012, 1:13 PM UTC

This announcement further convinces me that Flash is gearing down to obsolescence.

Re: Flash For Linux Will Only Be Available For Chrome

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Post by lmm » Wed, Feb 22, 2012, 1:15 PM UTC

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.

This might be more of a problem for FreeBSD than it is for Linux; at the moment, one can use flash on FreeBSD via linux firefox and hackery. I'm not aware of a way to use linux chrome as yet.

Re: Flash For Linux Will Only Be Available For Chrome

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Post by tbassetto » Wed, Feb 22, 2012, 1:21 PM UTC

drats wrote: post #24

ecaron wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Can't tell if you are serious. Who uses AIR? I've never seen it.

http://www.balsamiq.com is a popular software among people doing wireframes. The Desktop version is based on AIR (and it's the only reason why I've installed AIR on my Mac).

Re: Flash For Linux Will Only Be Available For Chrome

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Post by gsa » Wed, Feb 22, 2012, 1:21 PM UTC

lmm wrote: post #27

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.

This might be more of a problem for FreeBSD than it is for Linux; at the moment, one can use flash on FreeBSD via linux firefox and hackery. I'm not aware of a way to use linux chrome as yet.

Check out FlashVideoReplacer [1]. It replaces videos with your browser media plugin or can launch it in a separate player. I use it with gecko-mediaplayer and love it!

[1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flashvideorep...

Re: Flash For Linux Will Only Be Available For Chrome

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Post by kiloaper » Wed, Feb 22, 2012, 1:22 PM UTC

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.

>I'm not finding any great hardship these days.

You must not watch many videos in your browsers then outside the odd one on Youtube. The reality out there is that Flash is still the main choice for delivering video. Flash is a necessary evil. It may be dying but for many it's still necessary and its removal from Firefox removes significant usability for its users.