>> Clicking on more players does give me a listing of all of the available
>> players including Solaris x86 (and the ability to download it)
>
>did you test that ?
Yes, at least up to the point where it said:
"Download player for Solaris X86 now".
>if you do, you will find that the Solaris x86 player goes to a nice page
>that says "Adobe Flash Player Download Center Solaris x86" and then it
>provides the sparc package.
Ah, I see now.
Manual changing the URL does work but this seems very broken.
>Ordinary users, like the ones that I am talking to with CAD/CAM workstations
>will simply follow the links and watch things not work. It is the smallest
>thing like this that knocks Solaris x86 orders off the desk and instead I
>see a manager looking at Windows XP on Dell running CATIA.
Not if they installed a recent Solaris release as it comes with bundled
Flash 7.
(Didn't S10 come with that already or come with it now?)
>All of that simply because the manufacturers documentation can not be read
>by the CAD/CAM designer running Solaris. SunRay is out also. Actually that
>is more because of graphics on the SunRay not being able to handle the
>requirements for large screen CAD/CAM.
>
>anyways ... its just one of those many little things that irks me.
it used to work but they broke it again.
File a bug with adobe; perhaps they'll fix it when the make Flash 9
available.
Casper
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