Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT

[Vaj]

On Oct 14, 2006, at 9:10 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <j_alexander_stanley@> wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "bhairitu" <noozguru@> wrote: There are still parts of Linux that aren't ready for prime-time though it is still a good Windoze killer. For me, the ability to play *any* type of online multimedia is of primary importance, and I don't trust Linux or even a Mac to handle all Windows Media Player content. I recently switched from Win2000 to XP only because I started encountering too many sites requiring WMP 10, which is not available for Win2000.  Heh. How's WMP at MPEG-4 content? Dunno. Don't care. I use Zoom Player and Quicktime for viewing most downloaded files. And I'll match the formats supported by QuickTime vs the formats supported by WMP any day of the week. That's all very nice, but if you hit a website that requires WMP 10 in order to play embedded streaming video, Quicktime is going to sit there, not doing a goddamn thing. I started coming across websites that wouldn't work with WMP 9 in Win2000, not even with IE; I had to fire up the XP laptop to see the embedded content. And, even with WMP 10 on XP, I sometimes have to load a site in IE because it won't work in Firefox.  I now use a Quicktime plugin called Flip4Mac, which not only allows me access to all those Window Media files online, but also allows me to encode any QT file as a .wmv file or .wma file. Pretty nice. http://www.flip4mac.com/ Since Internet Explorer will run at native speed now on Macs, it's kind of a moot point for Mac users with current systems. Not sure if anyone got it to work yet without the Windows OS (in WINE for Mac), but once they do, there's no reason to switch back. In fact I suspect with the advent of Vista, you'll see huge numbers of people coming back to the Mac OS, currently more of a Mercedes of OS's: it's the best, but only for the few. __._,_.___ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe __,_._,___