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Bug#467324: Gnash in Desktop task?



Miriam Ruiz wrote:
> What do you think about #467324 ? Do you think it will make sense to
> include Gnash in the Desktop task?
> 
> Gnash is quite stable now, and even though not all Adobe Flash is
> supported yet, it can be quite an improvement over not having any
> flash player installed. As Adobe is adding DRM support in future Flash
> spect, probably it won't be possible to circunvent those protection
> measures in the future legally, and thus it can be quite important to
> increase the user base of Gnash users and at some point in the future
> maybe content designers might give it some attention.
> 
> On the other side, as not all the Flash contents are fully working
> (Youtube is working properly, anyway, which is one of the most
> demanded Flash contents), it can be argued if end users might reject
> it if it's shipped too early in Desktop. Probably all the Adobe specs
> won't be ever supported, as Adobe keeps adding stuff at the same time
> and there's no standards body organization taking care of that.

I've had better luck with swfdec. It supports google video too.
It also requires flash be clicked on before it will load it, which is a
nice way to avoid flash ads and flash on unsupported sites.

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