Re: Flash plugin in 6.0 and 6.0.1

[Nicolás Reynolds]

El 05/09/11 09:08, Fernando de Oliveira dijo:
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> --- Em seg, 5/9/11, Giuseppe Scrivano <address@hidden> escreveu:
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> > De: Giuseppe Scrivano <address@hidden> Assunto: Re: Flash plugin in 6.0
> > and 6.0.1 Para: "Fernando de Oliveira" <address@hidden> Cc:
> > "bugs-gnuzilla icecat" <address@hidden> Data: Segunda-feira, 5 de
> > Setembro de 2011, 11:30 Fernando de Oliveira <address@hidden> writes:
> > 
> > > Are you suggesting that I should not use Icecat any
> > more?
> > 
> > no, I am suggesting to don't use Flash :-)
> > 
> > Giuseppe
> > 
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> This is not an option, as I explained before.
> 
> I do not understand what is the point of a buggy support for Flash, if it is
> not intended to be used.

Fernando, Adobe Flash is a closed source technology and since GNU IceCat is
a free software project there's not much incentive to provide support for it,
that's why Giuseppe suggests not to use it.

If this bug hits free flash players, like gnash or lightspark, that's another
matter :)

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