[dba-Tech] Linux and Firefox

On 9/19/2011 3:22 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> It appears that both Silverlight (what a waste of money if it was expected
> to be a Flash replacement) and Flash, are on their way out.

Six cheers!

PB

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> Adobe has even
> created a new product called Edge, which will create Flash like browser
> results but uses HTML5 and CSS3. (Free for download:
> http://tinyurl.com/6adgd4t as they are looking for early adopters in the
> developer's community.)
>
> You are going to run into these issues for a while as one product is being
> phased out and being replaced by another.
>
> Android still supports Flash as Google is the proud owner of YouTube but a
> replacement technology is in the works as so many Flash experts are also
> migrating and want to have a solid alternative.
>
> There are now, many free Flash website designs, as companies are shedding
> their stables of Flash inventory and are now using them as bait, to attract
> potential clients to their sites. It will probably take 2 to 5 years before
> Flash is finally gone.
>
> There is a general trend in the developer's community to not embrace a
> closed standard, as if history is any indication, a person's career can be
> jeopardized when a company decides to no longer support one of their
> products and huge costs are incurred buying into a new closed technology,
> starting with huge time waste, as well as poorer products, until sufficient
> skill-sets have been obtained.
>
> MS Access comes to mind. Long live Open Source standards.
>
> Jim
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow
> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 8:56 AM
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Linux and Firefox
>
> I get some pretty strange messages on my android tablet. One app, IIRC
> Flash, would not download to my iPad because Apple does not support it. Nice
> slap in the face Adobe. First inferring that _I_ bought an iPad and second
> suggesting that Apple has anything to say about Android.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 8:44 AM
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Linux and Firefox
>
> Hi Mark:
>
> That happens more frequently than you would guess. Many of my sites will not
> run on IE as the clients are unwilling to pay the extra dollars for the
> extra coding necessary. It has not been until recently, that IE (IE9), has
> supported HTML5 or CSS3. Some web programmer did the reverse and built the
> site only for IE.
>
> You could try the Linux Chrome browser, Chromium and see if you have better
> luck.
>
> Jim
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Breen
> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 1:28 AM
> To: Discussion concerning MS SQL Server; Discussion of Hardware and Software
> issues
> Subject: [dba-Tech] Linux and Firefox
>
> Hello All,
>
> Hope you do not mind me changing the subject on this discussion.
>
> Francisco mentions below that he uses Firefox on Linux.  Over the weekend, I
> tried to book online for Dublin Airport car park using Linux and FF.
>   However, the site informed me that they do not currently support this phone
> browser and to try a regular PC.
>
> Well I guess I can understand what caused that wrong message, but I was
> disappointed that I had to go upstairs to my windows machine.
>
> To gently tease the kids, I also took a printscreen of their old Windows
> desktop and set it as the desktop on the  linux installation.  Their heads
> were messed up because they could see the Windows icons, but still they were
> on linux :)
>
> Mark
>
>
> On 19 September 2011 00:09, Francisco Tapia<fhtapia at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>>   Another thing you can attempt is to setup a Linux virtual machine
>> that would prevent hackers from reaching your personal data directly.
>> I really won't surf the net on Internet explorer (any version). I only
>> use Firefox with noscript and on a Linux machine helps to obfuscate as
>> much direct contact as possible...
>>
>> Sent from my mobile
>>
>>
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