Posted by Norman L. DeForest on 06/03/05 14:38

On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, Neal wrote:

> William Tasso <SpamBlocked@tbdata.com> wrote:
>
> > Simply: yes, brucie is a legend :)
>
> Not me, though.
>
> Hi all, been away, but saw this and had to show you all.
>
> http://www.urbanev.com/jakob/

Bah! Flash has one big problem. Macromedia has available plugins for
IE and Netscape and a Flash extension *is* available for Firefox but I am
unable to find a *standalone* program on their site to play *.swf files
that I download with my usual browser, lynx, that doesn't support
plugins. Apple's Quicktime player can play some of the older *.swf files
but most of them that I encounter now generate an "Invalid media" dialog
box when I try to play them with Quicktime.

Every one of Macromedia's download pages that I have found tell me to
choose "Netscape" or "Internet Explorer" to get the alleged right player.
ATTENTION, MACROMEDIA: HOW ABOUT A *.SWF PLAYER THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE A
[bleep]ING BROWSER?

--
Can you Change: N O V A Halifax to N O V A Halifax :)
:) S C O T I A . S C O T I A .
in 34 moves? Try http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~af380/JSNSPuz.html
(Requires Firefox or a browser with a compatable version of JavaScript)

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