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On 09/05/2009 01:24 AM, Robert Bradbury wrote: |
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> I've used the gnash plugin because earlier Flash releases were so |
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> "problematic" (crashing Flash would generally crash Firefox). But |
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> generally migrated away from Flash as it seemed to become more and |
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> more of an advertising distribution medium that one had no user |
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> control over (this is a subjective impression). Gnash also seemed to |
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> be unable to play more recent versions of Flash files. |
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> Is gnash still under development (as an open source alternative to |
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> Adobe flash)? If so, then it would seem to make sense to keep the |
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> plugin alive. Where does this all go with the evolution towards more |
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> open media formats (HTML 3.x?). It is my impression currently that a |
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> consensus could not be agreed upon for a "standard" open |
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> non-proprietary format for audio/video files. |
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Flash *is* an open format; Adobe opened up its specs a while ago. It's |
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just that the only full implementation of it isn't open (Adobe Flash). |
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