On Mon, 2007-07-02 at 19:32 -0400, jack wallen wrote: > Tom Horsley wrote: > > > > I've seen endless folks say that, yet they never seem to work for > > me for some reason. What does work is installing them in ~/.mozilla/plugins > > (but of course that only works for a single user). > > > i think this whole thread is bringing up an obvious issue with the way > firefox plugins are handled - it's a flawed system. it's one of the show > stoppers for a lot of people. it was a show stopper for me using 64 bit > linux. from an end-user perspective, plugins should not pose such > enormous problems. > > i am not a developer so this all has to be taken with the proverbial > grain of salt. i do, however, think that the mozilla foundation needs to > take a serious look at how plugins are handled. i installed linux on > my fathers desktop a long time ago. the one (and only) problem that > plagued him was plugins with firefox. it unfortunately made him happy to > have Windows on his laptop. he could happily watch the goofy movies and > such with ease. > > there's my $.02 for what it's worth. Some sanity is placed in all this if you go to: http://stanton-finley.net/ and look at the document: Fedora Core 5 Linux Installation Notes I know it is for FC5 but it made my FC7 system work relative to firefox plugins. By the way to answer a question no one asked. If you installed RealPlayer10 from the .bin file and you get the error can't find installation directory. Go to the bash script /usr/bin/realplay and insert the name of the installation directory where indicated, -- ======================================================================= QOTD: "It's been real and it's been fun, but it hasn't been real fun." ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
