Subject: No Flash To Me From: Flash_Sender@Microsoft_Addict Sender: Flash_Sender@Microsoft_Addict I append http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/std/no_flash_to_me.txt Thanks for your web reference, but it is crippled by Flash, not accessible. Best avoid Flash, & use HTML5: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5 Reasons To Avoid Flash: - Flash requires browser to install & run proprietary binary code from Adobe. They fail to make their source code public: can't be trusted. can't be compiled for other versions of OSs & CPUs. - Adobe only offer binary Flash for MS/Mac/Linux (not other Unixes & OSes), http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ - Though Flash can run on Linux as a binary, & on BSD with emulation, http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/desktop-browsers.html Flash would still be insecure. - I have no time to waste keeping compatible versions aligned between flash, emulator, operating system, CPU types, & latest panic insecurity updates for sand box encapsulations of the mess. - In-security : Another Flash security leak & in-security upgrade: 2014_02_04 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26045740 "software maker acknowledged that usernames and encrypted passwords had been stolen from about 38 million of its active account holders last year." http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-04.html http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2014-February/089594.html Another Flash security leak & in-security upgrade: 2014-02-04 http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-04.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26045740 http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2014-February/089594.html Another panic upgrade 2015-06-14: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33255033 There is an FSF GNU flash in source for FreeBSD, but problematic http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=gnash&stype=all At 2017-12-10 FreeBSD current has these & others: graphics/gnash www/flashplayer www/linux-flashplayer www/swfdec-plugin (Mozilla plugin) BBC were planning to use HTML5 instead of flash A 59 meg web film from FSF, in WebM format (proving Flash is not needed) http://static.fsf.org/nosvn/FSF30-video/FSF_30_720p.webm See Also: http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/std/no_flash_server.txt For web-writers http://www.berklix.com Computer Consultancy http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/cv/ My Resume - English & German http://www.berklix.org/free/ Free Software