Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Adobe flash warning and tree

[Frank Steinmetzger]

On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 01:48:47PM -0500, waltdnes@××××××××.org wrote:

A bit OT, but:

> > Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
> > > Correct me if I'm wrong here.  Isn't flash supposed to be dying
> > > anyway? Why are so many sites still using it if they should be using
> > > HTML5? Isn't HTML5 supposed to eliminate flash??
> >
> > It's been *supposed* to be dying for years, and HTML5 video was hoped
> > to be the silver bullet that would finish it off.
> > [...]
>   The other problem is that HTML5 sucks up more CPU for video.  My data
> point with an ancient underpowered Atom netbook watching a Youtube music
> video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwqhdRs4jyA

That's one reason why I always download the video before watching. This will
also give me the opportunity to play at higher speeds and use my accustomed
keyboard shortcuts. Youtube may actually support the former, but other
sites... meh.

Thanks to the power of pentadactyl and shell aliases, ’tis a matter of very
few keypresses:
- press y in the browser (yank URL to clipboard)
- switch to a terminal, enter ,y (alias for youtube-dl) and insert the URL
- wait for download, play, enjoy
  (or start playing while still downloading, this is not Windows, after all)

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