Flash Player has a footprint on something like 98% of machines... pretty safe to fallback with Flash.
(this is really cool by the way, thanks again, Thomas-) On 3/6/07, Thomas Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Am 06.03.2007 um 05:47 schrieb jules: > > > I don't know how to made modifications > > with Trac/SVN... can you email me some quicks instructions? (Mac/ > > BBEdit preferred or PC/UlraEdit) > > Google is your friend: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/ > svn.basic.html :) > > > Later we should fall back on Window Media, Real, WinAmp, VLC, etc. I > > need to find out which loads and plays audio the quickest and create a > > list of plugins ordered by preference. > > I don't think this is a good solution. This will just blow up the > code just to support some edge cases we can't test easily. The embed > tag already uses a audio/mpeg mimetype, so other plugins should be > able to pick that up. You'll also get into all sorts of version hell. > I feel spending time on improving the performance and stability of > what's already there is better invested. :) > > First thing, we need proper unit tests (we only have the functional > test right now). > > I *can* imagine the flash fallback, so we reach a huge majority of > users (namely, the last few % that are composed of FF/Win without > QuickTime). > > Best, > Thomas > > > > > -Jules > > > > On Mar 5, 6:59 pm, Thomas Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> There probably needs a check added for this, or maybe just the "Win" > >> check removed-- care to investigate? :) > >> > >> Best, > >> Thomas > >> > >> Am 06.03.2007 um 00:24 schrieb Christophe Porteneuve: > >> > >> > >> > >>> jules a écrit : > >>>> The absolute very last thing I wanted out of this is for the > >>>> user to > >>>> be prompted to install a plugin or run an active-X. > >> > >>> AAMOF, on FF2 with no audio/mpeg plugin (I'm on Debian), I do get > >>> prompted (in a sliding topbar) to install a plugin :-( > >> > >>> -- > >>> Christophe Porteneuve a.k.a. TDD > >>> "[They] did not know it was impossible, so they did it." --Mark > >>> Twain > >>> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > -- > Thomas Fuchs > wollzelle > > http://www.wollzelle.com > > questentier on AIM > madrobby on irc.freenode.net > > http://www.fluxiom.com :: online digital asset management > http://script.aculo.us :: Web 2.0 JavaScript > http://mir.aculo.us :: Where no web developer has gone before > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Spinoffs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
