Posted by J.O. Aho on 01/15/07 21:55

Onideus Mad Hatter wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:58:45 +0100, "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net>
> wrote:
>
>>> Check out my undefeatable list:
>>>
>>> 1. support of 32 bit JPEGs
>>>
>>> 2. fully cross operating system compatible
>
>> Quite many (most) operating systems that don't have flash support, yes, you
>> have gplflash and gnash, but not usable.
>>
>> Even if GNU/Linux x86 has a flash plugin, it do not have the same features as
>> the one written for microsoft, so many flash based sites just don't work well
>> and many times don't work at all.
>
> Sorry, Deficient, but yer about 5 months the fuck out of date:
> http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer9.html
>
> Adobe/Macromedia released a beta version of Flash 9 for Linux back in
> November I believe and so far it hasn't choked on anything I've thrown
> at it so unless you can provide ACTUAL PROOF that there are SPECIFIC
> things which won't work on the beta release...well, mayhaps you should
> shut yourself the fuck up until you manage to formulate a coherent
> counter argument. Fu

1. The beta 9 don't work on all sites, two examples are Media Markt
Scandinavia and Svenskaspel.

2. Still there is no Flash GNU/Linux AMD64, GNU/Linux PowerPC, GNU/Linux
PowerPC 64bit, GNU/Linux Sparc, GNU/Linux Alpha, GNU/Linux Mips, GNU/Linux
mc68k... the list could go on for quite long just to cover all GNU/Linux
architectures and then add on other operating systems like QNX, BeOS, HaikuOS
and so on.


>> Server side scripting that generates w3c valid output is the only that is
>> really cross operatingsystem/browser compatible.
>
> Except that W3C compliancy in NO WAY equates to cross browser and
> cross operating system compatibility because NO BROWSER actually pays
> any attention AT ALL to the W3Cs line of idiocy and NO BROWSER comes
> anywhere the fuck even remotely CLOSE to adhering to their
> RECOMMENDATIONS.

Even using a broken browser, you will get a usable site, even if it don't look
pretty, while if you don't have a flash plug-in, you can't use a flash based
site at all.



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//Aho

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