Subject: No Flash - It Cripples Your Web Site. From: Webmaster@Flash_Crippled_Site Sender: Webmaster@Flash_Crippled_Site I append http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/std/no_flash_server.txt Hi Webmaster, You blocked your product, pricing, etc, by requiring Flash. Flash is not available for some operating systems: - Except under awkward emulation, needing tedious version alignments. - We as computer consultants, & our customers, avoid Microsoft virus compatible Flash. - Adobe fails to provider inspect-able source code to security verify. - We run only locally compiled source code. Sensible companies provide basic product info without requiring flash, reserving flash just for optional gimmicks. Your total use of flash forces security conscious customers like us Not to view your products or buy your services. Free Software: http://www.berklix.com/free/ Consultancy: http://www.berklix.com For People Mailing Flash Links: http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/std/no_flash_to_me.txt http://www.berklix.org/bg/place/#flash Flash pointless for Restaurants etc. Extract from http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/Resources/CdNotice 2011-08-23: Some web pages include Flash files that can play only with the non-free program Flash Player. This program is gratis, but it is not free in the sense of freedom, and it contains known features to restrict and track users. It is important not to install that program. The free GNASH player will work for sites that use Flash version 8; if a site uses a later Flash version, contact its operators and urge them politely but firmly to move back to Flash 8 for better compatibility. Or they can advance to HTML5. FreeBSD /usr/ports/graphics/gnash/ Free flash player from FSF FreeBSD /usr/ports/graphics/gnash-devel/ Free flash player from FSF BBC are planning (at 2011-12) to offer HTML-5 but it will take a while yet. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/7277283.stm#html5 http://www.berklix.com Computer Consultancy http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/cv/ My Resume - English & German http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/contact/ Contact - German for business also OK. http://www.berklix.com/free/ Free Software http://www.berklix.org Free Organisations & Clubs