Bug#467324: Gnash in Desktop task?

2008-04-27 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 06:39:44PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: Woops, easier said than done. I didn't remember I'm clueless about both C++ and GTK+. Anyway, here is it: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?23038 I uploaded 0.8.2-2 this afternoon, which includes that feature. (it's

Bug#467324: Gnash in Desktop task?

2008-04-25 Thread Miriam Ruiz
2008/4/24, Robert Millan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?23038 Please test if you can. Cool!! I´ll test it as soon as I can, and add it to the Gnash set of patches (I´m spending the weekend in Madrid) Thanks!! :) Greetings, Miry

Bug#467324: Gnash in Desktop task?

2008-04-24 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 10:02:09PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: This could use some UI love (have to right-click to find play in the context menu). I'll have a look at that tomorrow. Sounds easy enough for me to do it ;-) Woops, easier said than done. I didn't remember I'm clueless

Bug#467324: Gnash in Desktop task?

2008-04-23 Thread Robert Millan
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 04:42:24PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: Here is a candid assisement of swfdec's suitablility they solicited from Benjamin. https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-desktop-list/2008-January/msg00084.html Looking into that link, there seem to be two reasons Benjamin gives

Bug#467324: Gnash in Desktop task?

2008-04-23 Thread Robert Millan
[ Resending with a working address for Santiago ] On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 04:42:24PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: Here is a candid assisement of swfdec's suitablility they solicited from Benjamin. https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-desktop-list/2008-January/msg00084.html Looking into that

Bug#467324: Gnash in Desktop task?

2008-04-23 Thread Per Olofsson
Robert Millan wrote: I think the click before run feature in a way makes stability a hidden factor. It'd be trivial to implement the same feature in Gnash, if desired, but I think the result is that it makes Swfdec look more stable in comparison, which could be somewhat deceitful. Yet, there

Bug#467324: Gnash in Desktop task?

2008-04-23 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 01:07:26PM +0200, Per Olofsson wrote: Robert Millan wrote: I think the click before run feature in a way makes stability a hidden factor. It'd be trivial to implement the same feature in Gnash, if desired, but I think the result is that it makes Swfdec look more

Bug#467324: Gnash in Desktop task?

2008-04-23 Thread Guido Günther
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 09:28:57PM +0200, Miriam Ruiz wrote: swfdec might be an option too. For what I know, Gnash supports more Flash than swfdec, but swfdec is indeed stable and what it does, it does good. swfdec is, AFAIK, more a one person's project, while Gnash Fedora picking swfdec for

Bug#467324: Gnash in Desktop task?

2008-04-23 Thread Santiago Garcia Mantinan
Now that I check, Gnash has that feature already: Edit - Preferences - Player - Start Gnash in pause mode And is it activated by default? I think it would be good if that was the case, as otherwise most people will not realize that this feature is there, like it happened to you untill you

Bug#467324: Gnash in Desktop task?

2008-04-23 Thread Joey Hess
Robert Millan wrote: Looking into that link, there seem to be two reasons Benjamin gives that speak in favour of Gnash: Swfdec has not had a lot of exposure yet (Gnash is having huge deployments as part of the OLPC laptop distribution) Hmm, I'd not consider it huge. If it is huge it's

Bug#467324: Gnash in Desktop task?

2008-04-23 Thread Joey Hess
Robert Millan wrote: Now that I check, Gnash has that feature already: Edit - Preferences - Player - Start Gnash in pause mode This could use some UI love (have to right-click to find play in the context menu). -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#467324: Gnash in Desktop task?

2008-04-23 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 12:16:45PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: Robert Millan wrote: Now that I check, Gnash has that feature already: Edit - Preferences - Player - Start Gnash in pause mode This could use some UI love (have to right-click to find play in the context menu). I'll have a

Re: Bug#467324: Gnash in Desktop task?

2008-04-23 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:13:02 -0400 Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Miriam Ruiz wrote: What do you think about #467324 ? Do you think it will make sense to include Gnash in the Desktop task? On the other side, as not all the Flash contents are fully working (Youtube is working

Re: Bug#467324: Gnash in Desktop task?

2008-04-23 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:53:21 -0400 Daniel Dickinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:13:02 -0400 Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Miriam Ruiz wrote: What do you think about #467324 ? Do you think it will make sense to include Gnash in the Desktop task? On the

Bug#467324: Gnash in Desktop task?

2008-04-22 Thread Joey Hess
Miriam Ruiz wrote: What do you think about #467324 ? Do you think it will make sense to include Gnash in the Desktop task? Gnash is quite stable now, and even though not all Adobe Flash is supported yet, it can be quite an improvement over not having any flash player installed. As Adobe is

Bug#467324: Gnash in Desktop task?

2008-04-22 Thread Robert Millan
Hi, On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 01:13:02PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: Miriam Ruiz wrote: What do you think about #467324 ? Do you think it will make sense to include Gnash in the Desktop task? Gnash is quite stable now, and even though not all Adobe Flash is supported yet, it can be quite

Bug#467324: Gnash in Desktop task?

2008-04-22 Thread Robert Millan
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 09:28:57PM +0200, Miriam Ruiz wrote: [...], and has all the support from FSF, which is more or less quite a guarantee for the future evolution. Last I heard, they also have support of some sort from EFF and OLPC: http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9454721484.html --

Bug#467324: Gnash in Desktop task?

2008-04-22 Thread Miriam Ruiz
2008/4/22, Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Miriam Ruiz wrote: What do you think about #467324 ? Do you think it will make sense to include Gnash in the Desktop task? Gnash is quite stable now, and even though not all Adobe Flash is supported yet, it can be quite an improvement over

Bug#467324: Gnash in Desktop task?

2008-04-22 Thread Joey Hess
Miriam Ruiz wrote: swfdec might be an option too. For what I know, Gnash supports more Flash than swfdec, How long have you used each? (I assume you've used gnash a lot since you maintain it..) I've only tried each for a few hours myself, about once per month since January, as I use websites

Bug#467324: Gnash in Desktop task?

2008-04-22 Thread Joey Hess
Robert Millan wrote: My understanding is that both gnash and swfdec are currently robust pieces of software. I'd be glad to see either being part of our default desktop. I'd generally agree, although I think we'll need to do a good job of documenting that the nonfree flash is not included by

Bug#467324: Gnash in Desktop task?

2008-04-22 Thread Santiago Garcia Mantinan
How long have you used each? (I assume you've used gnash a lot since you maintain it..) I've only tried each for a few hours myself, about once per month since January, as I use websites with flash that neither supports, but my general impression is that swfdec supports more sites, including