FLASH: Linux Plug-in

[Laura Mollett]

After reading the requests for *nix plug-ins for Flash and the MM

response ('the *nix market is too small) and the Halloween documents,

I must say I believe MM is making a big mistake ignoring this

necessary functionality. Yes, the general web surfer audience may

be (I say may as accurate stats are difficult to gain in this market)

primarily windows-based, with a very small percent of unix users.

*However* flash isn't marketed to the general web surfer. The primary

audience is web developers, a much more technologically up-to-date

group. Apache still holds the largest market share for web servers,

and developers are inclined to be very concerned that their products

are useable across the entire market. It is difficult to effectively

address the cross-compatability problems with a plug-in to start with...

although MM has this covered fairly well. I will not consider a product

that does not have both NN and MSIE support (and preferably opera as

well) and a port for both windows and the mac. I really cannot see

how it is reasonable to leave unix out. A full version of the Flash

product itself may not be necessary, but to not have a plug-in makes

is really inexcuseable. Even Microsoft recognizes the long-term credibility 

of Linux. It's notgoing away, and lack of a port makes life difficult 

for me when my web host is a *nix machine, and my cgi programmer and 

several of my site testers commonly use *nix machines.


I want this more than any of the enhancements I have seen suggested

(even though there are many I'd like) for the next version.

Laura Mollett


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