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List:       opensuse-factory
Subject:    Re: [opensuse-factory] FF56 Flash Player - Working on Windows 10 not working on Tumbleweed
From:       Knurpht - Gertjan Lettink <knurpht () opensuse ! org>
Date:       2017-10-30 17:14:47
Message-ID: 3433594.tSdNrttISu () knurpht-hp
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Op maandag 30 oktober 2017 17:11:31 CET schreef Marco Calistri:
> Il 25/10/2017 20:47, Christian Boltz ha scritto:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Am Mittwoch, 25. Oktober 2017, 19:29:10 CEST schrieb Marco Calistri:
> > 
> >> In my case to answer to Patrick, I see the warning message to "Update
> >> Flash Player" whenever I click on a Facebook attached video despite I
> >> already have the latest Flash Player plugin installed in FF56 
> > 
> > 
> > Try to disable Flash Player in the firefox plugin settings  - and I 
> > really mean to set it to "disabled" - "ask every time" won't work [1].
> > 
> > I know this sounds like a funny advise, so let me explain ;-)
> > 
> > Many sites automatically switch to HTML5 video when they detect Flash 
> > Player isn't available. This detection is done based on headers your 
> > browser sends.
> > 
> > I rarely view Facebook pages, but last time I did, I was able to play a 
> > video. I uninstalled Flash Player two years ago, so it obviously worked 
> > without Flash ;-)
> > 
> > Oh, and I didn't miss Flash Player in the last two years ;-) - most 
> > pages I usually visit all switched to HTML5 video, and in the very rare 
> > case I can't see a video, youtube-dl helps.
> > 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Christian Boltz
> > 
> > [1] Last time I tested, Firefox did still send out the header indicating 
> > 
> >     that Flash Player is installed when it was set to "ask every time" 
> >     mode. Note that this was two years ago, so while I never heard about
> >     a change in this area, I won't guarantee that the behaviour is still
> >     the same ;-)
> 
> 
> Nothing to do!
> 
> Tried to uninstall flash-player then uninstall the fresh-player (which
> surprisingly was already installed).
> i
> Then install just fresh-player and finally re-install flash-player.
> 
> So far only Google Chrome seems to be able to play *swf* containers.
> 
> Nor Firefox, nor Opera are able to do it.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Marco
> 
> 

Don't know if you saw this, but even Adobe themselves discourage the use of 
flashplayer. I haven't had it installed for years now, and do not miss it at 
all. 
-- 
Gertjan Lettink, a.k.a. Knurpht

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