Why don't you complain to websites still using flash. Send them emails saying they shouldn't use it any more. There are plenty of HTML 5 alternatives and as much as I hate to say it moonlight works very well for any silverlight content without DRM.
Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. Original Message From: ToddAndMargo Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2015 19:30 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: flash alternatives? On 05/05/2015 03:10 PM, ~Stack~ wrote: > On 05/05/2015 03:29 PM, Jim Campbell wrote: >> On Tue, May 5, 2015, at 01:02 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: > [snip] >>> Any other ways around Adobe's outdated flash plugin? > >> If you want to watch Flash videos, though, probably the safest bet is to >> install Google Chrome, which embeds a "Pepper" flash-compatible plugin [0]. > > There is a internal website at my job that /requires/ flash and that I > need to access. I tried all kinds of things from installing from random > repos to rolling my own build for all kinds of alternatives. Chrome was > the only thing that worked for me. Then Google ditched RHEL6 support and > I had people angry at me for running an "outdated" browser. That is when > I stumbled on this: > > http://chrome.richardlloyd.org.uk/ > > I know it has gotten both praise and hate on this list, but it works > really well for me and it keeps my Chrome up to date. I loath Adobe, I > prefer Firefox, and I can count all the sites I visit w/ Chrome on one > hand...but for those few sites I gotta have flash. :-/ > > Hopefully it works just as well for you. > > Hi Stack, So far, it is only annoying. Eventually I hope everyone switches over to HTML5. But, if I have to install Chrome, I guess I will sometime in the future Thank you for helping me with this. -T -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Computers are like air conditioners. They malfunction when you open windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
