On 12/17/05, Lee Revell <rlrevell@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 12:36 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: > > I don't know if it's implied somewhere in the comments above but I > > think that, as a user coming from the Windows and recently Mac world > > that making sure pretty much everything out there that gets linked on > > a web page should be able to play from in the browser you are using. > > There are some strange aspects about mplayer and web browsers, at > > least on my systems, which can end up with multiple mp3's playing at > > the same time. Stuff like starting an mp3/ogg/xxx file playing, and > > then hitting the back button, should stop the audio, or if it doesn't, > > hitting another audio link should stop the previous one from playing. > > > > Because the Linux browsers are garbage. For some reason the people who > develop them worry about bullshit like extensions and toolbars and > making sure the apps are translated into Xhosa than fixing basic > usability bugs like this. > > Simple things don't even work, like, if I click a media link that opens > an external player, then it finishes playing, then I click another link, > rather than opening in the same player it launches a new one. > Eventually I have 50 media players open. > > Lee Yeah, that's what I see also, if the system even understands the link in the first place. The Firefox guys do not make it obvious for new users how you link a specific media type to a specific player. Maybe mplayerplug-in does that, and it does a better job than 1-2 years ago, but it seems that there's a long way to go yet to have a new user sit down and have this stuff 'just work'. - Mark.
