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I'm waiting until they get JWPlayer working. So many sites still use it.
by bobajeff 12y ago
I'm waiting until they get JWPlayer working. So many sites still use it.
- cpeterso 12y agoJWPlayer support is difficult because there are many JWPlayer variants and old versions out there. It's easier to test and whitelist individual websites to start.
- duskwuff 12y agoWhy bother emulating it, though? If you can recognize it, and recognize that it's not using any unusual settings, you could potentially just replace the whole thing with a native video player.
- cpeterso 12y agoThat's a good question. Video is just one use case for Shumway. This specific use case might be better supported by rewriting Flash <object> tags with an HTML5 video player, but Mozilla dislikes adding hacks to workaround site-specific quirks. The hacks are technical debt carried by Firefox on behalf of websites that don't bother to maintain themselves. Mozilla even removes moz- prefixed DOM APIs and CSS attributes when the standardized, unprefixed name is supported.
- Kliment 12y agoSounds like a perfect use case for an addon then!
- acdha 12y agoThat might be a good pull-request for something like No Flash to test it on a larger scale: https://github.com/hfiguiere/no-flash https://github.com/hfiguiere/no-flash