Lightspark 0.4.2 Open Source Flash Player Released 172
suraj.sun writes "The Lightspark project has released version 0.4.2 of its free, open source Flash player. According to Lightspark developer Alessandro Pignotti, the alternative Flash Player implementation is 'designed from the ground up to be efficient on current and (hopefully) future hardware.'
The latest release of Lightspark features better compatibility with YouTube videos, sound synchronization support and the ability to use fontconfig for font selection. Other changes include plug-in support for Google's Chrome/Chromium web browser and support for Firefox's out of process plug-in (OOPP) mode, which was added in version 3.6.4 of the browser."
No, that's-a fish! (Score:4, Funny)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5Ovh18nYwc [youtube.com]
"Alright never mind c'mon we work without it.."
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Re:The best feature they could add... (Score:3, Funny)
Offer -cash-?
Cash?!
s/cash/money
(Note to self, no more colloquialisms on Slashdot.)
Re:Project page (Score:1, Funny)
Yeah, you must be new here. Or you must be thinking with clarity, precision and pragmatism. Either way, get with the program will you.
Damn Republicans.
Mixed bag (Score:5, Funny)
The good news: it's an open-source Flash player
The bad news: for better compatibility with web browsers, it's written in Flash
Re:What about license? (Score:1, Funny)
Solution (Score:5, Funny)
I seem to remember that the real problem Flash clones is that documentation is not completely free and if you read it you have to be under strong NDA for the rest of your life. This should also be why Gnash always lags behind. How did he overcome this issue? Or are we waiting for a lawsuit to strike as soon as the plugin becomes usable?
The creator of the project trained a chimpansee to understand code, a literal code-monkey if you will or rather a code-ape to be more accurate. This code-ape then reads the Flash documentation and explains it with sign language to the project creator. Since the code-ape cannot be properly held to an NDA the project continues unencumbered by draconian laws or demonic contracts.
Re:embrace and extend (Score:3, Funny)
They don't want it open, they don't want it closed, they don't want it with cherries and whipped cream on top.
Adobe's Flash
- a poem by eldavojohn
I bash Jobs, Jobs I blash
That Jobs-I-bash, That Jobs-I-bash!
I do not like, that Jobs-I-bash
Do you like Adobe's flash?
I do not like it, Jobs-I-bash.
I do not like Adobe's flash.
Would you like it on your iPad?
I would not like it on my iPad.
I would not like it if it's a fad.
I do not like Adobe's flash.
I do not like it, Jobs-I-bash
Would you like it open or closed?
Would you like it
virtually imposed?
I do not like it open or closed.
I do not like it virtually imposed.
I do not like it on my iPad.
I do not like them if it's a fad.
I do not like Adobe's Flash.
I do not like it, Jobs-I-bash.
Would you install it on your box?
Would you install it in Firefox?
Not on my box.
Not with Firefox.
Not open or closed.
Not virtually imposed.
I would not install it open or closed.
I would not install it virtually imposed.
I would not install Adobe's Flash.
I do not like it, Jobs-I-bash!
Re:The best feature they could add... (Score:2, Funny)
It wasn't intended to be condescending. It was intended to be encouraging.
Re:That's just as wrong as mono (Score:3, Funny)
You appear to have made a pretty much random list of technologies/programs - why?