All the users I have spoken to are happen not to have flash ads which were the major issue. The overall flash usage is pretty low but its available to anyone who wants it just by clicking on the play icon |>. I don't think the benefits justifies the amount of work required to get flash running as a local application.
Jason ----- Osvaldo Filho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "We need Flash enabled because some educational sites use it as a > teaching tool..." > > "Just 5 people browsing a web site with Flash..." > > Local application is the solution. The problems is the hard > configuration. > > > > > 2006/10/31, Jason A. Chase < [EMAIL PROTECTED] >: I had the same > problem and installed flashblock as a global extension. It solved the > issue. People only click on the flash animation if its something they > want to see (think YouTube) and not if its an ad. > > -- > Jason A. Chase > Director of Technology > Gould Academy > PO Box 860 > 39 Church Street > Bethel, ME 04217 > > P: (207) 824-7700 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.gouldacademy.org/ > > > ----- Dan Young < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > Roy Souther wrote: > > > I would like some ideas about what to do about this. I am running > > LTSP > > > in a school of maybe 120 students and 60 terminals. At any given > > time > > > there are between 20 to 50 people using the server and maybe half > > of > > > them are on the Internet. The problem is web sites that use flash > > to > > > show advertising, it is very common. We need Flash enabled because > > some > > > educational sites use it as a teaching tool but the majority of > > Flash is > > > useless crap. Flash is becoming the resource pig of the server. > Just > > 5 > > > people browsing a web site with Flash uses more system resources > > then 50 > > > people running OpenOffice. > > > > You could install the flashblock Firefox extension. Flash still > > works, > > you just have to click on the object to load it. At least it stop > the > > ads, while still allowing legitimate use of the plugin. > > > > https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/433/ > > > > -- > > Dan Young < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Multnomah ESD - Technology Services > > 503-257-1562 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, > > security? > > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your > job > > easier > > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache > > Geronimo > > > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, > security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache > Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
