Re: Error message: `This page contains information of a type...'
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Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> Rodolfo Medina wrote:
>
>>> Sometimes when I'm sailing in internet with my epiphany or mozilla browser
>>> the following message appears:
>>>
>>> This page contains information of a type (application/x-shockwave-flash)
>>> that can only be viewed with the appropriate Plug-in.
>>>
>>> , and the web site cannot be viewed. Please can anybody suggest what shall I
>>> do in order to view the web site that produces the above message?
>
>
>
> "Andrew J. Barr" <andrew.james.barr@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> If you are using a 32-bit x86 computer, add the contrib and non-free
>> repositories to /etc/apt/sources.list and run:
>>
>> aptitude install flashplugin-nonfree
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> I unpacked the file install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz and installed it with:
>
> $ ./flashplayer-installer
>
> . Now it seems all right.
>
> Bye,
> Rodolfo
>
>
Now that is not something I can understand. Why would you want to
install flash 7, when flash 9 is available? I can understand using a
free alternative, but if one is willing to use the proprietary stuff,
then why use an old version that will only work with some sites when
they could use a new version that works with almost all of them?
Joe
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