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Well, now I can delete Chrome.

by jfb 12y ago

simlevesque 12y ago
I fail to see the relation between the OP and your message.
- jfb 12y ago
  The only reason I kept Chrome around is because I occasionally wanted to watch Youtube videos that were Flash only. I wasn't going to install Flash system-wide, so I was grateful for Google's approach of maintaining a private Flash instance. Now, that usecase is become less of a problem, so I can ditch Chrome, which I never used otherwise.
  - simlevesque 12y ago
    You could have watched a video on Youtube on Firefox for the last year at least. It was a setting in your Youtube account.
    - aw3c2 12y ago
      Some people like not having accounts on any random website that will be used for tracking and targetting.
      - simlevesque 12y ago
        Do these people use Chrome ?
        jfb 12y ago
        It was the best way to run Flash programs without installing Flash system-wide.
      - polshaw 12y ago
        Parent was a bit wrong; you didn't need an account or to be signed in. IIRC, you went to youtube.com/html5 and enabled it.
  - deleted 12y ago
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  - delsalk 12y ago
    >I occasionally wanted to watch Youtube videos that were Flash only Are there any examples of flash only video? I used to use a 3rd party extension that would show videos in html5 and i never came accross any video that required me to load it in flash. I'm curious how Youtube tries to deliver those videos now.
    - jfb 12y ago
      There used to be many. I haven't encountered one in a while, however.
    - serf 12y ago
      about in video in academia, ever.
- ramy_d 12y ago
  He's saying his only use of chrome, a browser OP does not prefer, was for flash. Now that OP's primary method of media consumption has switched away from flash, so can OP switch away from chrome.
- sdsk8 12y ago
  he probably only have chrome because it have the built-in flash
emehrkay 12y ago
My first thought as well, but aren't there older youtube videos that haven't been converted to html5-friendly formats?
- jfb 12y ago
  Probably. But I'll live without full unfettered access to Youtube's back catalog, which access I don't pay a dime for.
  - jfb 12y ago
    To say nothing of youtube-dl.
- aantthony 12y ago
  I've been using Safari without flash for a while now, and it used to be like that, but lately it's been extremely rare to find any which aren't html5 compatible.

Well, now I can delete Chrome.

by jfb 12y ago

Well, now I can delete Chrome.

simlevesque 12y ago

I fail to see the relation between the OP and your message.

jfb 12y ago
The only reason I kept Chrome around is because I occasionally wanted to watch Youtube videos that were Flash only. I wasn't going to install Flash system-wide, so I was grateful for Google's approach of maintaining a private Flash instance. Now, that usecase is become less of a problem, so I can ditch Chrome, which I never used otherwise.
- simlevesque 12y ago
  You could have watched a video on Youtube on Firefox for the last year at least. It was a setting in your Youtube account.
  - aw3c2 12y ago
    Some people like not having accounts on any random website that will be used for tracking and targetting.
    - simlevesque 12y ago
      Do these people use Chrome ?
      - jfb 12y ago
        It was the best way to run Flash programs without installing Flash system-wide.
    - polshaw 12y ago
      Parent was a bit wrong; you didn't need an account or to be signed in. IIRC, you went to youtube.com/html5 and enabled it.
- deleted 12y ago
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- delsalk 12y ago
  >I occasionally wanted to watch Youtube videos that were Flash only Are there any examples of flash only video? I used to use a 3rd party extension that would show videos in html5 and i never came accross any video that required me to load it in flash. I'm curious how Youtube tries to deliver those videos now.
  - jfb 12y ago
    There used to be many. I haven't encountered one in a while, however.
  - serf 12y ago
    about in video in academia, ever.
ramy_d 12y ago
He's saying his only use of chrome, a browser OP does not prefer, was for flash. Now that OP's primary method of media consumption has switched away from flash, so can OP switch away from chrome.
sdsk8 12y ago
he probably only have chrome because it have the built-in flash

emehrkay 12y ago

My first thought as well, but aren't there older youtube videos that haven't been converted to html5-friendly formats?

jfb 12y ago
Probably. But I'll live without full unfettered access to Youtube's back catalog, which access I don't pay a dime for.
- jfb 12y ago
  To say nothing of youtube-dl.
aantthony 12y ago
I've been using Safari without flash for a while now, and it used to be like that, but lately it's been extremely rare to find any which aren't html5 compatible.