Some history -- Flash support under QuickTime used to lag a version
behind (e.g. QuickTime 5 supported Flash 4, QuickTime 6 supported
flash 5, etc.) However they got "stuck" at Flash 6, and have been
there for 2 years now.
In the mean time, the flash plugin for Safari/WebKit has been
progressing, most recently the version 9 universal binary was released.
So, something is weird -- why do we have Flash 9 support if operating
under WebKit, but only Flash 5 support under QuickTime.
My pet theories are licensing disagreements or general malaise at
Apple (they have also pretty much neglected QuickTime interactive
support).
So we get a very mixed message as developers -- what exactly are we
supposed to use as the "any media" playback system? It seems like
the answer these days is WebKit (HTMLViewer), as it will support the
Flash 9 plugin, as well as the QuickTime plugin as sub-content.
On Sep 13, 2006, at 4:37 AM, Chris Little wrote:
on 9/13/06 12:05 AM, Phil M at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sep 12, 2006, at 8:10 PM, Joe Huber wrote:
Maybe this is related to the Eolas patent.
Interesting, and quite odd that a Checkbox is all that's needed to
comply...
Could it be possible that Apple choose to do this because of a
Security risk?
Apple's knowledge base article says:
The version of Flash that ships in QuickTime is older than the version
available from Adobe and used in Safari, therefore, while we still
ship
Flash with QuickTime, it is turned off by default.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304341
There is no mention of security issues with Flash in the security KB
article:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304357
Chris
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