On 11/01/2008, John Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > then screw it, ship Adobe, and don't bother those of use trying > > to fix the problem. I tried to talk them into adding Codec Buddy from > > Fedora to solve this problem with zero success. > > When there's a codec issue, put up a message, in the web page display, > that says it's a codec issue. Don't just end up with a grey > rectangle. If you want to be fancy, say which codec is being used > that we don't support, and why we don't support it.
Yes - more user-visible non-hacker-readable errors and indications would be excellent. "This video doesn't play because of codec patent problem X and unimplemented Flash Y but LuLu/YouTube/etc work so you could try to view it there" perhaps? > And maybe after OLPC saw this, they would let you add a "Click here if > you're European or in an OLPC deployment country, which are mostly software idea patent free I assume :-) > PS: OLPC can't ship Adobe flash; they don't have a license to do so. > The one you download from the Adobe website doesn't come with > permission to share it. Maybe they could get one by negotiation; but > they prefer to stand in solidarity with the free software community. I'm glad they do :-) > My daughter does not want to use her XO since she is unable to get into > Webkins and Learning Today. This is sad to hear, but motivating. BBC's kids sites also make heavy use of Flash, hmmmmmmmm. -- Regards, Dave _______________________________________________ Gnash-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnash-dev
