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[Stan Goodman <stan.goodman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 24 March 2008 16:13:43 Kai Ponte wrote:
> On Monday 24 March 2008 06:00:01 am Stan Goodman wrote:
> > On Monday 24 March 2008 12:02:58 Charles philip Chan wrote:
> > > Stan Goodman <stan.goodman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > writes:
> > > > > > I am getting a log of error messages when I browse the 'Net,
> > > > > > about pages that require Shockwave Flash. They do not tell me
> > > > > > anyting about what kind of file feels unrequited (or about why
> > > > > > web designers feel an urge to use this crap).
> > >
> > > Please post a link to such a site.
> >
> > I don't remember where this happened yesterday, and the History list
> > is not helping. When it happens again, I'll fill this in.
> >
> > > > I don't see a way to add a filetype to this list.
> > >
> > > For some strange reason this function does not exist in Firefox (it
> > > was there in mozilla). You will need to install the mime-edit
> > > extension:
> > >
> > > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4498
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > > > I have a similar problem with MPlayer, by the way, which is
> > > > capable of running some WMP film clips from websites, but not
> > > > all.
> > >
> > > Please post a link to a video.
> >
> > I'll post two, because the reuslts do not seem consistent.
> >
> > The newspaper site I mentioned is <http://jpost.com>; it is all in
> > English. Find the place with a link to "JPost videos".
>
> I get the same thing.
>
> I found this, too, with some quicktime videos on a university website.
> sometimes the format works and other times it doesn't.

Here, the behavior I have described is entirely consistent. Their own 
clips and those of the IBA never work. Sometimes them publish clips from 
memritv.org, which as recently as last week worked well for me, but now 
is putting up the shockwave complaint.

> Typically, i've found it is the fault of the website author.  They
> often put in unnecessary tags that make video not work.

Web designers are in general an ignorant and childish lot, that think they 
have to use every new gimmick simply because it exists. The could not 
care less about users. I am not sure that they understand that there ARE 
any users, or that they have been hired in order to make it possible for 
users to see something.

> I also tried it with ies4linux and that didn't get me much farther.
>
> you did submit a trouble ticket?  i just did.

I didn't. How does one do that?

-- 
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel
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