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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Adobe flash warning and tree
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 12:25:39
Message-Id: 1666100.KlOsukUJQx@dell_xps
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Adobe flash warning and tree by Dale
1 On Friday 15 Jan 2016 03:02:07 Dale wrote:
2 > Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
3 > > On 15/01/16 10:15, Peter Weilbacher wrote:
4 > >> On Thu, 14 Jan 2016, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
5 > >>> I thought these are only security fixes? Version 20 is actully
6 > >>> feature-complete and in-par with the Windows version 20.
7 > >>>
8 > >>> v11.2.202.559 might be from December, but it's based on an ancient
9 > >>> version
10 > >>> from many years ago feature-wise.
11 > >>
12 > >> That may well be the case. But who cares about features in a tool that's
13 > >> basically dead and only installed on 99.9% of the machines because some
14 > >> stupid websites[1] need it?
15 > >>
16 > >> Peter.
17 > >>
18 > >> [1] That work with the feature set of v11.2 -- at least I haven't heard
19 > >> otherwise.
20 > >
21 > > You haven't visited enough porn sites then :-P
22 >
23 > Well, so far that weather radar site is the only one that I have found
24 > that needs flash. If they would switch it to HTML5, flash could be
25 > gone. I wouldn't complain about that.
26 >
27 > Dale
28 >
29 > :-) :-)
30
31 In the UK websites like Channel 5 will not play on Linux any more:
32
33 http://www.channel5.com/demand5
34
35 They said that they will not support the platform (too small a percentage of
36 users) although I am not sure how android based smart TVs can stream this
37 channel.
38 --
39 Regards,
40 Mick

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