Regardless of the quality of the app (hey, I don't even use it!), Real is a big media player and I would be very interested to see what route the go for their embedded browser on Linux.
This type of implementation is what Mozilla has been pitching for the past couple of years and I'm interested to see how much the rest of the industry sees it as being the best and most viable option... Shawn JTK wrote: > Oh God, do NOT install that thing. It wants to steal every godforsaken > file association the Real programmers have ever heard of for itself. > Not unprecedented you ask? Get this: it runs a process in the > background (REALLY in the background, no tray icon or anything, must be > a service on Why2K/XP) so that when you change it to the way you want it > - THIS THING WILL STEAL THEM BACK. AND IT GIVES YOU NO CHOICE, it just > tells you, "I'm stealing 'em back, tough break sucker", no cancel > option, nothing. I shit you not. > > Does anybody know of some way to get away from the outrage that is the > RealPrivacyInvaderAndAssociationStealer Company? Every damn video you > see is .rm, and the ones that aren't are "Windows Media" and are about > half the quality. Are there *ANY* free or even pay RealMedia players > around that don't invade your privacy, steal your associations, etc etc > etc? > > Shawn Neumann wrote: > >>I read somewhere recently that Real was deciding between Opera and >>Mozilla for it's embedded browser on it's upcoming RealOne platform. >>Anyone heard anything on this? I would be very interested to know how >>this one is going to pan out... >> >>Cheers, >>Shawn >>
