[clue-tech] flashplayer9 Beta

[Collins Richey]

On 10/21/06, Michael Fierro <biffster at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/21/06, Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 10/21/06, Michael Fierro <biffster at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > at things. All of a sudden, the Flashblock extension for Firefox isn't
> > > a critical extension in Linux anymore.
> >
> > I'm not familiar with that extension, nor with the ?need? for its use.
> > Care to explain?
>
> (avoiding having Firefox jump up to 99% CPU utilization because a web author felt > the buttons on their website should be animated).
>

Must be an older, slower cpu. On my box (AMD64 3700+), cpu goes all
the way up to 20%, typically 15% with flash (Firefox 2.0 flash9beta),
ie not a noticeable aberration.

> https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/433/
>
> I spend a lot of time using Firefox running over a tunnelled TightVNC
> connection, so I try and cut down on animations anyway.

Probably a good explanation with your fondness for the blocker.

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Collins Richey
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