techSaturday, September 10, 2005
Macromedia sucks
Macromedia does not support the open source community very well... They also don't seem to support recent advancements in micro processor technology very well either.
Macromedia makes a flashplayer for linux - but that's about as far as their support of open source seems to go.
And their linux flashplayer doesn't even work if you're running an AMD Athlon 64 processor in a 64 bit environment - they don't seem to support 64 bit processors at all.
This isn't a problem for windows users because windows doesn't take advantage of the 64 bit mode of the Athlon 64. So if you're running windows, the Athlon 64 may as well be just another 32 bit processor.
There's an open source flash player that compiles fine in a 64 bit environment, but it doesn't support flash versions 5, 6, or 7.
So stop using flash for your animations, look into animated SVG's or something instead.
Macromedia makes a flashplayer for linux - but that's about as far as their support of open source seems to go.
And their linux flashplayer doesn't even work if you're running an AMD Athlon 64 processor in a 64 bit environment - they don't seem to support 64 bit processors at all.
This isn't a problem for windows users because windows doesn't take advantage of the 64 bit mode of the Athlon 64. So if you're running windows, the Athlon 64 may as well be just another 32 bit processor.
There's an open source flash player that compiles fine in a 64 bit environment, but it doesn't support flash versions 5, 6, or 7.
So stop using flash for your animations, look into animated SVG's or something instead.
