Wayne Stallwood wrote:
On 30/07/10 10:35, MJ Ray wrote:
Because the current situation of having Adobe controlling which platforms can watch video, the lacklustre support for Linux platforms and the extra "features" like phone-home most people get without knowing it is far worse than a simple<video> tag.
I still don't understand what you mean about lacklustre support for Linux platforms ?
Look at all the problems people have installing Flash on Linux. If you're 1% out of Adobe's short supported list, expect trouble.
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Adobe aren't the ones in control of which platforms can watch web video. The content creators are when they choose Flash as a delivery mechanism
Sure, and many content creators abdicate in favour of Adobe. That's half the problem, indeed.
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As to the phone-home feature, I can't find anything on the web that qualifies this statement, do you have a linky I can read to enlighten myself ?
It didn't seem difficult to find in a web search. For example, try http://www.freshbot.com/archives/2009/03/31/adobe-flash-phones-home-uncontro... - maybe the Flash plugin modified your browser in other ways? ;-)
Hope that informs,