On 02/24/2015 06:53 AM, Peter Robinson wrote:
Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Went looking for the flash-plugin for arm, and don't find one.
get.adobe.com/flashplayer thinks I need the i386 version.
afaik none exists. I have heard of versions in the past but they were
tied closely to proprietary X drivers and hardware video acceleration.
and wouldnt work with what is in the fedora kernel. I personally do not
have flash installed on my machines anymore.
What do you do for sites like cnn.com? My bank's home page uses flash, and I
get errors (of course you have flash!) before I can get to the login spot.
Also if I am going to give this system to my parents, they will not know how
to deal with a browser that does not handle flash.
Ultimately what do you expect us to do? This is out of our hands, go
and complain to Adobe.
Mention alternatives.
This is not something we can magically fix just because you want to
give some device to your parents.
Pavel pointed me to a potential alternative. There is worthwhile stuff
out there that is in swf format. Not all of it is garbage.
If it was open source we could fix it but it's not. Flash is on the
way out, I've not had it installed for well over 2 years because I got
sick of it crashing my browser.
I have never had it crash my browser. What do you use instead for
graphics playing sites?
If your bank relies on something as
insecure as flash as a core part of their banking site I'd go to a
different bank but ultimately that is off topic for this list.
It is not the core. Just the marketing front end you have to get past
to do real banking. Maybe that is part of their defense. Keep a class
of attackers away from the front page because it keeps crashing their
browsers?
Thank you for all the help you have provided.
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