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
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