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Tue, 5 May 2015 16:30:07 -0700
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On 05/05/2015 03:10 PM, ~Stack~ wrote:
> On 05/05/2015 03:29 PM, Jim Campbell wrote:
>> On Tue, May 5, 2015, at 01:02 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
> [snip]
>>> Any other ways around Adobe's outdated flash plugin?
>
>> If you want to watch Flash videos, though, probably the safest bet is to
>> install Google Chrome, which embeds a "Pepper" flash-compatible plugin [0].
>
> There is a internal website at my job that /requires/ flash and that I
> need to access. I tried all kinds of things from installing from random
> repos to rolling my own build for all kinds of alternatives. Chrome was
> the only thing that worked for me. Then Google ditched RHEL6 support and
> I had people angry at me for running an "outdated" browser. That is when
> I stumbled on this:
>
> http://chrome.richardlloyd.org.uk/
>
> I know it has gotten both praise and hate on this list, but it works
> really well for me and it keeps my Chrome up to date. I loath Adobe, I
> prefer Firefox, and I can count all the sites I visit w/ Chrome on one
> hand...but for those few sites I gotta have flash. :-/
>
> Hopefully it works just as well for you.
>
>


Hi Stack,

So far, it is only annoying.  Eventually I hope everyone switches over
to HTML5.  But, if I have to install Chrome, I guess I will sometime
in the future

Thank you for helping me with this.

-T

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