Re: Flash update

2016-04-05 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 05 April 2016 09:59:13 Curt wrote: > On 2016-04-05, Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> My experience is the exact opposite: with HTML5 videos, I just > >> "right-click => Save Video as..." and it's done, whereas with Flash I am > >> not offered any option to save the video. > > > > Which browser?

Re: Flash update

2016-04-05 Thread Curt
On 2016-04-05, Lisi Reisz wrote: >> >> My experience is the exact opposite: with HTML5 videos, I just >> "right-click => Save Video as..." and it's done, whereas with Flash I am >> not offered any option to save the video. > > Which browser? I don't get this! Me neither. I just use one of the (m

Re: Flash update

2016-04-04 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> > No, I mentioned this as a benefit. It's a side-effect to flash's >> > writing the file mentioned in the previous sentence (the very first >> > sentence of the post). I want the file and with flash I can have it. >> My experience is the exact opposite: with HTML5 videos, I just >> "right-click

Re: Flash update

2016-04-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 05 April 2016 01:33:52 Stefan Monnier wrote: > > No, I mentioned this as a benefit. It's a side-effect to flash's > > writing the file mentioned in the previous sentence (the very first > > sentence of the post). I want the file and with flash I can have it. > > My experience is the exac

Re: Flash update

2016-04-04 Thread Stefan Monnier
> No, I mentioned this as a benefit. It's a side-effect to flash's > writing the file mentioned in the previous sentence (the very first > sentence of the post). I want the file and with flash I can have it. My experience is the exact opposite: with HTML5 videos, I just "right-click => Save Video

Re: Flash update

2016-04-04 Thread David Wright
On Mon 04 Apr 2016 at 18:18:12 (+0300), Adam Wilson wrote: > On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 23:12:41 -0500 David Wright > wrote: > > On Sun 03 Apr 2016 at 09:38:00 (+0300), Adam Wilson wrote: > > > On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 23:34:58 -0500 David Wright > > > wrote: > > > > When flash streams a movie, a copy is dow

Re: Flash update

2016-04-04 Thread Brian
On Mon 04 Apr 2016 at 15:14:10 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 04 April 2016 14:04:41 Brian wrote: > > > > This is becoming painful to hear about. :) > > Yes. ;-) I didn't raise it. I was responding to the suggestion that there > isn't a problem. Someone said that the kerfuffle was for

Re: Flash update

2016-04-04 Thread Adam Wilson
On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 23:12:41 -0500 David Wright wrote: > On Sun 03 Apr 2016 at 09:38:00 (+0300), Adam Wilson wrote: > > On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 23:34:58 -0500 David Wright > > wrote: > > > When flash streams a movie, a copy is downloaded somewhere on my > > > disk. One beneficial effect of this is tha

Re: Flash update

2016-04-04 Thread David Wright
On Mon 04 Apr 2016 at 08:42:17 (+0200), Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > See package youtube-dl. Just give the URL you see in your browser > as argument to the youtube-dl command (beware of special characters, > better use "...", see man youtube-dl). > This works also for other sites with movies. Silly

Re: Flash update

2016-04-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 04 April 2016 14:04:41 Brian wrote: > On Sun 03 Apr 2016 at 20:42:08 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Friday 01 April 2016 11:39:29 Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > I know this is an old thread, but I thought it would be worth > > > mentioning that BBC IPlayer now works without Flash. If you

Re: Flash update

2016-04-04 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Mon, Apr 4, 2016, 3:42 PM Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > See package youtube-dl. Just give the URL you see in your browser > as argument to the youtube-dl command (beware of special characters, > better use "...", see man youtube-dl). > This works also for other sites with movies. > > > H How ver

Re: Flash update

2016-04-04 Thread Brian
On Sun 03 Apr 2016 at 20:42:08 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 01 April 2016 11:39:29 Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > I know this is an old thread, but I thought it would be worth mentioning > > that BBC IPlayer now works without Flash. If you go to the BBC IPlayer > > web page it says you ca

Re: Flash update

2016-04-03 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
See package youtube-dl. Just give the URL you see in your browser as argument to the youtube-dl command (beware of special characters, better use "...", see man youtube-dl). This works also for other sites with movies. Regards, jvp.

Re: Flash update

2016-04-03 Thread David Wright
On Sun 03 Apr 2016 at 09:38:00 (+0300), Adam Wilson wrote: > On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 23:34:58 -0500 David Wright > wrote: > > When flash streams a movie, a copy is downloaded somewhere on my > > disk. One beneficial effect of this is that if I click the slider to > > an earlier point in the movie, the

Re: Flash update

2016-04-03 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 01 April 2016 11:39:29 Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 27 Jun 2015, Lisi Reisz wrote: > [snip] > > > > > > 1. Using iplayer with flash involves downloading a file. > > > > > > > > > > 2. Wouldn't it be nice if the file could be downloaded, preferably > > > > > using a program which is in a p

Re: Flash update

2016-04-03 Thread Adam Wilson
On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 19:49:29 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Sun 03 Apr 2016 at 19:05:21 +0300, Adam Wilson wrote: > > > On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 20:30:29 +0100 > > Brian wrote: > > > > > On Sat 02 Apr 2016 at 06:59:29 +0300, Adam Wilson wrote: > > > > > > > On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:39:29 +0100 > > > > Anthony

Re: Flash update

2016-04-03 Thread Brian
On Sun 03 Apr 2016 at 19:05:21 +0300, Adam Wilson wrote: > On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 20:30:29 +0100 > Brian wrote: > > > On Sat 02 Apr 2016 at 06:59:29 +0300, Adam Wilson wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:39:29 +0100 > > > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > > > > > I know this is an old thread, bu

Re: Flash update

2016-04-03 Thread Adam Wilson
On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 20:30:29 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Sat 02 Apr 2016 at 06:59:29 +0300, Adam Wilson wrote: > > > On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:39:29 +0100 > > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > > > I know this is an old thread, but I thought it would be worth mentioning > > > that BBC IPlayer now works wi

Re: Flash update

2016-04-03 Thread Jude DaShiell
bian.org Subject: Re: Flash update On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 23:34:58 -0500 David Wright wrote: On Fri 01 Apr 2016 at 11:39:29 (+0100), Anthony Campbell wrote: On 27 Jun 2015, Lisi Reisz wrote: [snip] 1. Using iplayer with flash involves downloading a file. 2. Wouldn't it be nice if the

Re: Flash update

2016-04-02 Thread Adam Wilson
On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 06:59:29 +0300 Adam Wilson wrote: > On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:39:29 +0100 > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > On 27 Jun 2015, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > [snip] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. Using iplayer with flash involves downloading a file. > > > > > > > > > > > > 2. Wouldn't it be n

Re: Flash update

2016-04-02 Thread Adam Wilson
On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 23:34:58 -0500 David Wright wrote: > On Fri 01 Apr 2016 at 11:39:29 (+0100), Anthony Campbell wrote: > > On 27 Jun 2015, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > [snip] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. Using iplayer with flash involves downloading a file. > > > > > > > > > > > > 2. Wouldn't it be

Re: Flash update

2016-04-02 Thread Brian
On Sat 02 Apr 2016 at 06:59:29 +0300, Adam Wilson wrote: > On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:39:29 +0100 > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > I know this is an old thread, but I thought it would be worth mentioning > > that BBC IPlayer now works without Flash. If you go to the BBC IPlayer > > web page it says

Re: Flash update

2016-04-02 Thread Curt
On 2016-04-02, David Wright wrote: >> >> I know this is an old thread, but I thought it would be worth mentioning >> that BBC IPlayer now works without Flash. If you go to the BBC IPlayer >> web page it says you can access the programs using HTML5. You just have >> to install a cookie to do this.

Re: Flash update

2016-04-01 Thread David Wright
On Fri 01 Apr 2016 at 11:39:29 (+0100), Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 27 Jun 2015, Lisi Reisz wrote: > [snip] > > > > > > > > > > > 1. Using iplayer with flash involves downloading a file. > > > > > > > > > > 2. Wouldn't it be nice if the file could be downloaded, preferably > > > > > using a progr

Re: Flash update

2016-04-01 Thread Adam Wilson
On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:39:29 +0100 Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 27 Jun 2015, Lisi Reisz wrote: > [snip] > > > > > > > > > > > 1. Using iplayer with flash involves downloading a file. > > > > > > > > > > 2. Wouldn't it be nice if the file could be downloaded, preferably > > > > > using a program w

Re: Flash update

2016-04-01 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 27 Jun 2015, Lisi Reisz wrote: [snip] > > > > > > > > 1. Using iplayer with flash involves downloading a file. > > > > > > > > 2. Wouldn't it be nice if the file could be downloaded, preferably > > > > using a program which is in a package in the Debian archives? > > > > > > > > 3. Such a packa

Re: Flash update

2015-07-15 Thread Curt
On 2015-07-15, Pete Orrall wrote: > > I did find this here yesterday: > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/14/firefox_blocks_flash/ > > Maybe this helps? > https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-04.html https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-18.htm

Re: Flash update

2015-07-15 Thread Pete Orrall
Mozilla has blocked Flash from its web browsers due to security threats. I am prompted to allow the use of Flash on each Flash-enabled website I visit. - this is on *all* my Debian and Windows 7 workstations at home and at work. I did find this here yesterday: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/0

Re: Flash update

2015-07-15 Thread steef
agreed. steef Op 15-07-15 07:04, Rob van der Putten schreef: Hi there Curt wrote: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/blocked/p948 A rather fuzzy statement. Regards, Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: Flash update

2015-07-15 Thread Rob van der Putten
Hi there Curt wrote: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/blocked/p948 A rather fuzzy statement. Regards, Rob -- ISDS is evil. Abolish ISDS. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Flash update

2015-07-14 Thread Curt
On 2015-07-14, Rob van der Putten wrote: > Hi there > > > Apparently .481 is buggy as well. > Just to see what would happen, I renamed libflashplayer.so; > Youtube complains about a missing plugin, but works anyway. It seems > that FF 31.8.0 has enough HTML 5 support to make this work. > https:/

Re: Flash update

2015-06-27 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 27 June 2015 11:06:07 Brian wrote: > On Sat 27 Jun 2015 at 09:45:02 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Saturday 27 June 2015 08:58:44 Brian wrote: > > > On Sat 27 Jun 2015 at 02:54:26 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > > On Friday 26 June 2015 13:34:00 Brian wrote: > > > > > [Beware! Rampant s

Re: Flash update

2015-06-27 Thread Brian
On Sat 27 Jun 2015 at 09:45:02 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 27 June 2015 08:58:44 Brian wrote: > > On Sat 27 Jun 2015 at 02:54:26 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Friday 26 June 2015 13:34:00 Brian wrote: > > > > [Beware! Rampant snipping in progress] > > > > > > > > On Fri 26 Jun 2015

Re: Flash update

2015-06-27 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 27 June 2015 08:58:44 Brian wrote: > On Sat 27 Jun 2015 at 02:54:26 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Friday 26 June 2015 13:34:00 Brian wrote: > > > [Beware! Rampant snipping in progress] > > > > > > On Fri 26 Jun 2015 at 09:38:53 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > > How do you live stream B

Re: Flash update

2015-06-27 Thread Brian
On Sat 27 Jun 2015 at 02:54:26 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 26 June 2015 13:34:00 Brian wrote: > > [Beware! Rampant snipping in progress] > > > > On Fri 26 Jun 2015 at 09:38:53 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > How do you live stream BBC iPlayer on a computer without the use of > > > Flash? >

Re: Flash update

2015-06-26 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 26 June 2015 13:34:00 Brian wrote: > [Beware! Rampant snipping in progress] > > On Fri 26 Jun 2015 at 09:38:53 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > How do you live stream BBC iPlayer on a computer without the use of > > Flash? > > A well formulated question. :) > > Think in these terms: > > 1. Us

Re: Flash update

2015-06-26 Thread Brian
On Fri 26 Jun 2015 at 12:48:22 +, Curt wrote: > On 2015-06-26, Brian wrote: > > [Beware! Rampant snipping in progress] > > > > > > On Fri 26 Jun 2015 at 09:38:53 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > >> How do you live stream BBC iPlayer on a computer without the use of Flash? > > > > A well formula

Re: Flash update

2015-06-26 Thread Curt
On 2015-06-26, Brian wrote: > [Beware! Rampant snipping in progress] > > > On Fri 26 Jun 2015 at 09:38:53 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> How do you live stream BBC iPlayer on a computer without the use of Flash? > > A well formulated question. :) Right. I interpreted "How do you live stream" diff

Re: Flash update

2015-06-26 Thread Brian
[Beware! Rampant snipping in progress] On Fri 26 Jun 2015 at 09:38:53 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > How do you live stream BBC iPlayer on a computer without the use of Flash? A well formulated question. :) Think in these terms: 1. Using iplayer with flash involves downloading a file. 2. Wouldn'

Re: Flash update

2015-06-26 Thread Brian
On Thu 25 Jun 2015 at 22:35:08 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Thursday 25 June 2015 20:54:55 Brian wrote: > > On Thu 25 Jun 2015 at 20:06:47 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > > And do you know a way - any way, however closed source - to play 4OD in > > > Debian? I suspect that purge iceweasel and in

Re: Flash update

2015-06-26 Thread Curt
On 2015-06-26, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > How do you live stream BBC iPlayer on a computer without the use of Flash? > Use an Ipad? Now, if you could only "pretend" to be an Ipad (user agent string sleight of hand), maybe ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Re: Flash update

2015-06-26 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 26 June 2015 09:35:51 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 26 June 2015 00:06:00 Brian wrote: > > On Thu 25 Jun 2015 at 22:35:08 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Thursday 25 June 2015 20:54:55 Brian wrote: > > > > On Thu 25 Jun 2015 at 20:06:47 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > > > Could you let t

Re: Flash update

2015-06-26 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 26 June 2015 00:06:00 Brian wrote: > On Thu 25 Jun 2015 at 22:35:08 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Thursday 25 June 2015 20:54:55 Brian wrote: > > > On Thu 25 Jun 2015 at 20:06:47 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > > Could you let the rest of us into the secret?? > > > > > > What secret? (He

Re: Flash update

2015-06-25 Thread Brian
On Thu 25 Jun 2015 at 22:35:08 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Thursday 25 June 2015 20:54:55 Brian wrote: > > On Thu 25 Jun 2015 at 20:06:47 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > > > > Could you let the rest of us into the secret?? > > > > What secret? (He says disingenously). > > Sorry, thick of me. Ho

Re: Flash update

2015-06-25 Thread Ric Moore
On 06/25/2015 05:35 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Thursday 25 June 2015 20:54:55 Brian wrote: On Thu 25 Jun 2015 at 20:06:47 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Thursday 25 June 2015 19:21:07 Brian wrote: I have (or claimed to have) some competence with using iplayer without flash. Could you let the rest

Re: Flash update

2015-06-25 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 25 June 2015 20:54:55 Brian wrote: > On Thu 25 Jun 2015 at 20:06:47 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Thursday 25 June 2015 19:21:07 Brian wrote: > > > I have (or claimed > > > to have) some competence with using iplayer without flash. > > > > Could you let the rest of us into the secret?

Re: Flash update

2015-06-25 Thread Brian
On Thu 25 Jun 2015 at 20:06:47 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Thursday 25 June 2015 19:21:07 Brian wrote: > > I have (or claimed > > to have) some competence with using iplayer without flash. > > Could you let the rest of us into the secret?? What secret? (He says disingenously). > And do you

Re: Flash update

2015-06-25 Thread Eero Volotinen
Well, flash is also non-free and contains lots of security holes. Br, Eero 25.6.2015 10.18 ip. "Sven Arvidsson" kirjoitti: > On Thu, 2015-06-25 at 22:13 +0300, Eero Volotinen wrote: > > How about uninstalling flash and using crome browser? It contains > > internal > > flash support.. > > Chrome

Re: Flash update

2015-06-25 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Thu, 2015-06-25 at 22:13 +0300, Eero Volotinen wrote: > How about uninstalling flash and using crome browser? It contains > internal > flash support.. Chrome is non-free, so many people will probably avoid it. You will of course have to keep up with updates for Chrome if you use it, to get a

Re: Flash update

2015-06-25 Thread Eero Volotinen
How about uninstalling flash and using crome browser? It contains internal flash support.. Eero 25.6.2015 10.57 ap. "Sven Arvidsson" kirjoitti: > On Wed, 2015-06-24 at 22:48 +0100, Brian wrote: > > I can offer you an on-demand service for BBC TV for 10 EURO a month, > > paid a year in advance. T

Re: Flash update

2015-06-25 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 25 June 2015 19:21:07 Brian wrote: > I have (or claimed > to have) some competence with using iplayer without flash. Could you let the rest of us into the secret?? And do you know a way - any way, however closed source - to play 4OD in Debian? I suspect that purge iceweasel and in

Re: Flash update

2015-06-25 Thread Brian
It's nearly always fatal to declare one's participation is at an end. On Thu 25 Jun 2015 at 09:57:12 +0200, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > On Wed, 2015-06-24 at 22:48 +0100, Brian wrote: > > I can offer you an on-demand service for BBC TV for 10 EURO a month, > > paid a year in advance. That will nearl

Re: Flash update

2015-06-25 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 25 June 2015 08:57:12 Sven Arvidsson wrote: > I'm not going to bend over backwards and pay for a subscription just to > help you find out how to use iplayer without Flash when you could do so > yourself. No, he couldn't. You know that thing called DRM? The BBC has created extra unne

Re: Flash update

2015-06-25 Thread Gary Dale
On 24/06/15 08:28 AM, The Wanderer wrote: On 06/24/2015 at 07:56 AM, Sheepherd wrote: Hi Rob On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 1:32 PM, Rob van der Putten wrote: Hi there Sven Arvidsson wrote: Or consider making do without it. :) Any alternatives? I hate flash! The only alternative is GNASH af

Re: Flash update

2015-06-25 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Wed, 2015-06-24 at 22:48 +0100, Brian wrote: > I can offer you an on-demand service for BBC TV for 10 EURO a month, > paid a year in advance. That will nearly cover what I have to pay out > to > use my TV in the UK. The offer is cheap at the price, offers > excellent > progam quality and it c

Re: Flash update

2015-06-24 Thread Laverne Schrock
On Wed, 2015-06-24 at 19:15 +0200, Fekete Tamás wrote: > (based upon this, Chrome and > Chromium seems not the same software). Chromium is open source software. Google uses Chromium as the base for Google Chrome. Chromium + Secret Google Code = Google Chrome -laverne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: Flash update

2015-06-24 Thread Brian
On Wed 24 Jun 2015 at 23:14:42 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Wednesday 24 June 2015 23:05:46 Brian wrote: > > On Wed 24 Jun 2015 at 21:29:35 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Wednesday 24 June 2015 19:10:46 Brian wrote: > > > > Disliking flash is ok. Removing it is not an option for most people wh

Re: Flash update

2015-06-24 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 24 June 2015 23:05:46 Brian wrote: > On Wed 24 Jun 2015 at 21:29:35 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Wednesday 24 June 2015 19:10:46 Brian wrote: > > > Disliking flash is ok. Removing it is not an option for most people who > > > want to watch a BBC iplayer programme in the UK without t

Re: Flash update

2015-06-24 Thread Brian
On Wed 24 Jun 2015 at 21:29:35 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Wednesday 24 June 2015 19:10:46 Brian wrote: > > > > Disliking flash is ok. Removing it is not an option for most people who > > want to watch a BBC iplayer programme in the UK without taking a degree > > in scripting. :) > > I think ev

Re: Flash update

2015-06-24 Thread Brian
On Wed 24 Jun 2015 at 21:32:24 +0200, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > On Wed, 2015-06-24 at 19:10 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > Does that include watching the BBC iplayer in the UK? > > I have no idea. BBC iplayer seems to be geo-blocked for us dirty > foreigners. I can offer you an on-demand service fo

Re: Flash update

2015-06-24 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 24 June 2015 20:32:24 Sven Arvidsson wrote: > BBC iplayer seems to be geo-blocked for us dirty > foreigners. No, you're not dirty. You haven't paid for it, and it isn't free. You have to have paid your British TV licence. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lis

Re: Flash update

2015-06-24 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 24 June 2015 19:10:46 Brian wrote: > On Wed 24 Jun 2015 at 14:05:56 +0200, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > > On Wed, 2015-06-24 at 13:32 +0200, Rob van der Putten wrote: > > > Any alternatives? > > > I hate flash! > > > > I simply removed it. Pretty much everyone have HTML5 players these > > d

Re: Flash update

2015-06-24 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Wed, 2015-06-24 at 19:10 +0100, Brian wrote: > > Does that include watching the BBC iplayer in the UK? I have no idea. BBC iplayer seems to be geo-blocked for us dirty foreigners. Try it yourself? Also, some sites sometimes provide HTML5 players for other systems (like iOS) and you can onl

Re: Flash update

2015-06-24 Thread Fekete Tamás
Hi all, >Any alternatives? >I hate flash! I used to do as well, but only in Linux world, until... >> You can also try https://github.com/i-rinat/freshplayerplugin >> A wrapper to use Pepper Flash Player - browser plugin with NPAPI >> browsers like Firefox Yes, I also installed pepperflashplug

Re: Flash update

2015-06-24 Thread Brian
On Wed 24 Jun 2015 at 14:05:56 +0200, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > On Wed, 2015-06-24 at 13:32 +0200, Rob van der Putten wrote: > > Any alternatives? > > I hate flash! > > I simply removed it. Pretty much everyone have HTML5 players these > days. Does that include watching the BBC iplayer in the UK?

Re: Flash update

2015-06-24 Thread Fekete Tamás
Hi all, >Any alternatives? >I hate flash! I used to do as well, but only in Linux world, until... >> You can also try https://github.com/i-rinat/freshplayerplugin >> A wrapper to use Pepper Flash Player - browser plugin with NPAPI >> browsers like Firefox Yes, I also installed pepperflashplug

Re: Flash update

2015-06-24 Thread basti
On 24.06.2015 14:29, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > On Wed, 2015-06-24 at 14:18 +0200, basti wrote: >> You can also try https://github.com/i-rinat/freshplayerplugin >> A wrapper to use Pepper Flash Player - browser plugin with NPAPI >> browsers like Firefox > I guess the question is is it any safer than

Re: Flash update

2015-06-24 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Wed, 2015-06-24 at 14:18 +0200, basti wrote: > You can also try https://github.com/i-rinat/freshplayerplugin > A wrapper to use Pepper Flash Player - browser plugin with NPAPI > browsers like Firefox I guess the question is is it any safer than the regular plugin? If not, you get the additional

Re: Flash update

2015-06-24 Thread The Wanderer
On 06/24/2015 at 07:56 AM, Sheepherd wrote: > Hi Rob > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 1:32 PM, Rob van der Putten wrote: > >> Hi there >> >> Sven Arvidsson wrote: >> >>> Or consider making do without it. :) >> >> Any alternatives? >> I hate flash! > > The only alternative is GNASH afaik, but I don

Re: Flash update

2015-06-24 Thread basti
You can also try https://github.com/i-rinat/freshplayerplugin A wrapper to use Pepper Flash Player - browser plugin with NPAPI browsers like Firefox Regards, basti On 24.06.2015 14:07, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > On Wed, 2015-06-24 at 13:32 +0200, Rob van der Putten wrote: >> Any alternatives? >> I h

Re: Flash update

2015-06-24 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Wed, 2015-06-24 at 13:32 +0200, Rob van der Putten wrote: > Any alternatives? > I hate flash! Oh, and there is Shumway in Firefox/Iceweasel that sounds promising, but I think you need to get an experimental build to try it out https://wiki.mozilla.org/Shumway -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson http://

Re: Flash update

2015-06-24 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Wed, 2015-06-24 at 13:32 +0200, Rob van der Putten wrote: > Any alternatives? > I hate flash! I simply removed it. Pretty much everyone have HTML5 players these days. For the few that don't, youtube-dl usually works. The rest I happily ignore. If you really need Flash for a site there are pr

Re: Flash update

2015-06-24 Thread Sheepherd
Hi Rob On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 1:32 PM, Rob van der Putten wrote: > Hi there > > > Sven Arvidsson wrote: > > Or consider making do without it. :) >> > > Any alternatives? > I hate flash! > The only alternative is GNASH afaik, but I don't think its still being actively developed. http://ftp.gnu

Re: Flash update

2015-06-24 Thread Rob van der Putten
Hi there Sven Arvidsson wrote: Or consider making do without it. :) Any alternatives? I hate flash! Flash seems to be in a category of its own when it comes to security problems. Indeed. Regards, Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: Flash update

2015-06-24 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Wed, 2015-06-24 at 11:54 +0200, Rob van der Putten wrote: > Hi there > > > For i386 the new version is; > http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/pdc/11.2.202.468/ins > tall_flash_player_11_linux.i386.tar.gz Or consider making do without it. :) Flash seems to be in a category of its