Oh, Mike Chambers over at Adobe has some fun at my expense. So, I thought I’d give Flash another try on Firefox. This time with Firefox 2.0 beta 1 release candidate that just came out. So far the License for Flash has hung my machine for more than five minutes. Here’s what my screen looks like.
This isn’t a good experience folks.
Regarding 1.0? Yeah, I finally did load it but it took a half dozen clicks and the EULA is pages long with language that normal people can’t understand (does anyone really read those things anyway?). If I was a normal person instead of a tech geek I’d say “screw this” and hit the back button.
But, I’m sure that I’ll get 60 more comments about how I’m an idiot instead of an engineer from Adobe saying “we got rid of the stupid EULA” or someone from the Firefox team saying “we just included Flash with our browser to make it easier on users (which would require Adobe to give up some of its rights, I guess).”
And, yes, since Mike made the point WMV really pisses me off on the Mac too which is why at Podtech I will try to not use it if at all possible.