Adobe Flash alternatives
And getting them working in Firefox, specifically. Given that version 18 of Flash is unlikely to be heading to to an update manager near me any time soon (or indeed anytime at all) and Firefox has restricted it, I'd be quite keen to swop. I've got gnash and lightspark installed now, but how do I get Firefox to recognise them. Bev.
On 15 July 2015 at 20:25, Bev Nicolson <lumos@gmx.co.uk> wrote:
And getting them working in Firefox, specifically. Given that version 18 of Flash is unlikely to be heading to to an update manager near me any time soon (or indeed anytime at all) and Firefox has restricted it, I'd be quite keen to swop. I've got gnash and lightspark installed now, but how do I get Firefox to recognise them.
Quite concerning that they are messing about with Flash with nearly every Firefox update. I need it for some banking. I'd be interested to see which of gnash or lightspark is better and if we can hammer Firefox to use it. Regards, Srdjan
On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 08:51:00PM +0100, Srdjan Todorovic wrote:
Quite concerning that they are messing about with Flash with nearly every Firefox update. I need it for some banking.
I'd be getting rid of the bank if they require Flash! There really is no need for it these days and I wish it would go and die. I'm really pleased to see that Firefox has taken this step and only hope other browsers follow suit. Adam
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I'd be getting rid of the bank if they require Flash!
There really is no need for it these days and I wish it would go and die. I'm really pleased to see that Firefox has taken this step and only hope other browsers follow suit.
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And it may need a bit of hammering. It's in there as an add on now (handy if you also install the Mozilla plug in. Ahem) but I get the 'Lightspark has encountered an unsupported Flash file' error message. Bev. On 15/07/15 20:51, Srdjan Todorovic wrote:
On 15 July 2015 at 20:25, Bev Nicolson <lumos@gmx.co.uk> wrote:
And getting them working in Firefox, specifically. Given that version 18 of Flash is unlikely to be heading to to an update manager near me any time soon (or indeed anytime at all) and Firefox has restricted it, I'd be quite keen to swop. I've got gnash and lightspark installed now, but how do I get Firefox to recognise them. Quite concerning that they are messing about with Flash with nearly every Firefox update. I need it for some banking. I'd be interested to see which of gnash or lightspark is better and if we can hammer Firefox to use it.
Regards, Srdjan
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On Wed, 15 Jul 2015 22:51:05 +0100 Steve Engledow <steve@offend.me.uk> allegedly wrote:
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On 15/07, Adam Bower wrote:
I'd be getting rid of the bank if they require Flash!
There really is no need for it these days and I wish it would go and die. I'm really pleased to see that Firefox has taken this step and only hope other browsers follow suit.
Seconded ;)
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On 16/07/15 09:51, mick wrote:
On Wed, 15 Jul 2015 22:51:05 +0100 Steve Engledow <steve@offend.me.uk> allegedly wrote:
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On 15/07, Adam Bower wrote:
I'd be getting rid of the bank if they require Flash!
There really is no need for it these days and I wish it would go and die. I'm really pleased to see that Firefox has taken this step and only hope other browsers follow suit. Seconded ;) +1 to that.
Whereas to my mind it's all very well being technologically savvy about this (not that that's a bad thing in and of itself) it still doesn't answer the question of how I can get Lightspark etc to work in Firefox. How I watch, say, the various clips of Tour de France riders being interviewed by Ned Boulting or Matt Rendell. Until that happy day when Adobe do finally slay the thing, this is the difficulty we’re up against. (No TV, you see.) Bev
Srdjan, You could try Firefox's 'You Tube all HTML5' add on (this definitely works, though if you have flashblocker it will obviously cancel that out) combined with 'HTML5 everywhere.' There could be other suggestions on this forum which will help. http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=103147&start=15 Bev. On 15/07/15 20:51, Srdjan Todorovic wrote:
On 15 July 2015 at 20:25, Bev Nicolson<lumos@gmx.co.uk> wrote:
And getting them working in Firefox, specifically. Given that version 18 of Flash is unlikely to be heading to to an update manager near me any time soon (or indeed anytime at all) and Firefox has restricted it, I'd be quite keen to swop. I've got gnash and lightspark installed now, but how do I get Firefox to recognise them. Quite concerning that they are messing about with Flash with nearly every Firefox update. I need it for some banking. I'd be interested to see which of gnash or lightspark is better and if we can hammer Firefox to use it.
Regards, Srdjan
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On 18 July 2015 at 11:56, Bev Nicolson <lumos@gmx.co.uk> wrote:
You could try Firefox's 'You Tube all HTML5' add on (this definitely works, though if you have flashblocker it will obviously cancel that out) combined with 'HTML5 everywhere.'
Yes, I run with FlashBlock. I'd rather not have flash-now-html5-video elements auto-play on every page etc. There must be some html5-video-block add on somewhere.. Still, doesn't help with Tesco Bank, which needs flash for logins. It could be useful for Youtube though, so thanks for that suggestion.
There could be other suggestions on this forum which will help.
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=103147&start=15
Thanks! I'll get a VM instance of Kubuntu installed sometime and start playing with the flash alternatives. Regards, Srdjan
On Thu, 16 Jul 2015 10:32:05 +0100 Bev Nicolson <lumos@gmx.co.uk> allegedly wrote:
Whereas to my mind it's all very well being technologically savvy about this (not that that's a bad thing in and of itself) it still doesn't answer the question of how I can get Lightspark etc to work in Firefox. How I watch, say, the various clips of Tour de France riders being interviewed by Ned Boulting or Matt Rendell. Until that happy day when Adobe do finally slay the thing, this is the difficulty we’re up against. (No TV, you see.)
Bev If all you want to do is watch video clips, why use firefox, or any other browser, at all? Have you tried using VLC to watch the (youtube) network stream? If you haven't, there are plenty of "howtos" on-line. Mick --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mick Morgan gpg fingerprint: FC23 3338 F664 5E66 876B 72C0 0A1F E60B 5BAD D312 http://baldric.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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