Re: Flash < v7 compatible?

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 07:24:33AM -0400, dtutty@porchlight.ca wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 07:17:04PM +1000, David Howe wrote:
> > Unfortunately flash although not great, is very pervasive across the 
> > net. Its absence in ppc linux is  fairly remarkable and compares badly 
> > with the status of flash for i386
> > 
> > Yes, I have tried the alternatives, basically i think they are not worth 
> > the hassle.
> > 
> > d
>  
> What are the alternatives.  I hate flash; I use dialup internet over a
> noisy rural phone line.  On a 486.  I'm upgrading to an RS/6000 H50
> because I want the reliability in an inexpensive (huge) package.
> However, the driving factor in the upgrade is the dismal performance of
> firefox and web access in general.  On many websites I access (generally
> sites with a product catalog), flash is __required__ to access anything
> other than the 'what the heck is this' icon.
> 
> So on the PPC, when you need to read a flash page, what are the
> alternatives?

There are at least two free flash player. One is swf-player, the other is
never, but i never tested it and didn't remember the name.

swf-player is not really working for the newer flash stuff, but it may work
for some.

Friendly,

Sven Luther