Re: Mavericks: Chrome & Youtube problem

From	Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Mavericks: Chrome & Youtube problem
Date	2014-03-11 05:00 +0000
Organization	Miskatonic U
Message-ID	<slrnlht63n.2uma.g.kreme@amelia.local> (permalink)
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In message <2014031017120834186-xxx@yyyzzz> 
  gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
> On 2014-03-10 21:56:45 +0000, Lewis said:

>> In message <2014031011145618303-xxx@yyyzzz>
>>   gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
>>> On 2014-03-10 03:24:52 +0000, Kevin McMurtrie said:
>> 
>>>> Google is progressively moving from the Flash and Chrome player to a new
>>>> JavaScript player.  It's all very new so it's likely to have bugs in
>>>> itself and at the same time be revealing new bugs in browsers.  The
>>>> JavaScript version (I don't use Chrome or Flash) glitches up for me
>>>> quite a bit.
>> 
>>> I'm surprised anyone can get away without using Flash.  I tried to for
>>> a while, but it seems that the vast majority of video is presented via
>>> Flash.
>> 
>> It is true that many sites lie about requiring flash.

> I see.  I wouldn't have known the difference.  When I run into a site 
> that tells me I need Flash, I assume it's true.

If you enable the debug menu and Safari and change your user agent to the
iPad user agent you will find that the vast majority of those sites
claiming to require flash do not, they are simply too lazy to send the
x264 video to a computer. Perhaps they are getting kickbacks from Adobe.

>> I used to simply change the user agent in Safari to say it was the iPad 
>> version of
>> safari, and then videos would load.
>> 
>> I don't do that anymore. I figure if the cunts are going to lie about
>> requiring flash, I don't care to load their sites.
>> 
>> There's never been a video on a web site that I *had* to see.

> Extending that I guess I don't "have" to run a computer either...

I do, my job (such as it is) depends on it. Most of the things I do
actually do require a computer.

-- 
In the words of one of the founding Igors: 'We belong dead? Ecthcuthe
me? Where doeth it thay "we"?'

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Mavericks: Chrome & Youtube problem Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-10 01:28 +0000
  Re: Mavericks: Chrome & Youtube problem Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-03-09 19:14 -0700
  Re: Mavericks: Chrome & Youtube problem Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2014-03-09 20:24 -0700
    Re: Mavericks: Chrome & Youtube problem gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-03-10 11:14 -0700
      Re: Mavericks: Chrome & Youtube problem Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-10 18:22 +0000
      Re: Mavericks: Chrome & Youtube problem nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-10 14:25 -0400
      Re: Mavericks: Chrome & Youtube problem Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-10 18:56 +0000
      Re: Mavericks: Chrome & Youtube problem Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-10 21:56 +0000
        Re: Mavericks: Chrome & Youtube problem gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-03-10 17:12 -0700
          Re: Mavericks: Chrome & Youtube problem Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-11 05:00 +0000
            Re: Mavericks: Chrome & Youtube problem gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-03-12 13:27 -0700
              Re: Mavericks: Chrome & Youtube problem nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-12 16:32 -0400
                Re: Mavericks: Chrome & Youtube problem gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-03-13 09:06 -0700
              Re: Mavericks: Chrome & Youtube problem Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-03-13 07:06 -0700
  Re: Mavericks: Chrome & Youtube problem billy@MIX.COM - 2014-03-10 03:52 +0000
  Re: Mavericks: Chrome & Youtube problem Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-10 04:06 +0000
  Re: Mavericks: Chrome & Youtube problem Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-10 15:33 +0000
    Re: Mavericks: Chrome & Youtube problem Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-10 17:50 +0000
  Re: Mavericks: Chrome & Youtube problem Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-10 17:04 -0400
  Re: Mavericks: Chrome & Youtube problem Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-11 23:55 +0000

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