Re: debian user vs. browser plug-ins
On Thursday 28 November 2002 20:53, Dan Jacobson wrote:
solution update mozilla to version 1.1 dev plus on there web site there a link
to plug-in with all the extra,or use opera for linux I think the version is
now 6.1
Pierre
> Just curious what the debian user does if he wants to browse like his
> microsoft counterpart when encountering flash, java, etc. 'enhanced'
> web pages. These cause mozilla 0.99 to ask me to download some
> 'plug-ins' in some wacky fail prone way on my frail costly modem
> connection. Why can't we 'plug-in' all the plug-ins before hand from
> our debian CD set? I'm tired of complaining that various sites
> shouldn't be using all this 'advanced technology'. Instead I was
> supposing that the highly advanced debian system with 3 times as many
> packages as other distributions certainly somehow can meet and exceed
> the convenience of a microsoft user when encountering .swf etc.
> Yes I noted some packages to deal with .swf, but what is the
> 'integrated' way?
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