Written by romanv the 23 Aug 10 at 16:33.

There is a project called Gnash - http://www.gnashdev.org/ - a high priority project of the Free Software Software - whose aim is to write a free software replacement for Adobe Flash.

The non-profit "Open Media Now!" is where donations are encouraged -- http://www.openmedianow.org/ --.

As for Gnash, it supports many more architectures than Adobe Flash, for example, it uses less resources it's free software, and it works fairly nicely thus far.

The only problem - to make it compatible requires work and code, which are both fine - the Gnash developers are very capable and very talented both at programming and clean-room reverse engineering.

The only problem is that they need money. They are, evidently broke - some have had to take full-time jobs programming elsewhere, and have consequently stopped working on Gnash.

Canonical is a company both committed to free software and its furthering and has the financial capitol to help this project.

It's often that we hear someone say that they will switch from proprietary software to a free software replacement once one becomes available - so let's help make that happen. Everyone complains about Flash, now we have a chance to do something about it. Let's fund Gnash and help move the Internet forward.

There is a project called Gnash - http://www.gnashdev.org/ - a high priority project of the Free Software Software - whose aim is to write a free software replacement for Adobe Flash. The non-profit "Open Media Now!" is where donations are encouraged -- http://www.openmedianow.org/ --. As for Gnash, it supports many more architectures than Adobe Flash, for example, it uses less resources it's free software, and it works fairly nicely thus far. The only problem - to make it compatible requires work and code, which are both fine - the Gnash developers are very capable and very talented both at programming and clean-room reverse engineering. The only problem is that they need money. They are, evidently broke - some have had to take full-time jobs programming elsewhere, and have consequently stopped working on Gnash. Canonical is a company both committed to free software and its furthering and has the financial capitol to help this project. It's often that we hear someone say that they will switch from proprietary software to a free software replacement once one becomes available - so let's help make that happen. Everyone complains about Flash, now we have a chance to do something about it. Let's fund Gnash and help move the Internet forward. (If anyone is wondering about SWFDec, that one is unmaintained currently, the last release being in 2008. Gnash is still being worked on (albeit slowly due to lack of funds), the latest release being yesterday - August 22 2010).

Written by Ssdg the 24 Aug 10 at 08:24.

Why not creating an IDE that creates JS/HTML5/SVG/[insert open web standard here) that will generate W3C standards compliant pages/websites and offer the same possibilities flash offers?

Lots of flash features can be done with current standards. Let's use theses

Why not creating an IDE that creates JS/HTML5/SVG/[insert open web standard here) that will generate W3C standards compliant pages/websites and offer the same possibilities flash offers? Lots of flash features can be done with current standards. Let's use theses

Written by Mishtal the 26 Aug 10 at 22:52.

Lightspark is a modern, free, open-source flash player implementation. Lightspark features:

JIT compilation of Actionscript to native x86 bytecode using LLVM
Hardware accelerated rendering using OpenGL Shaders (GLSL)
Very good and robust support for current-generation Actionscript 3
A new, clean, codebase exploiting multithreading and optimized for modern hardware. Designed from scratch after the official Flash documentation was released.

Lightspark is a modern, free, open-source flash player implementation. Lightspark features: JIT compilation of Actionscript to native x86 bytecode using LLVM Hardware accelerated rendering using OpenGL Shaders (GLSL) Very good and robust support for current-generation Actionscript 3 A new, clean, codebase exploiting multithreading and optimized for modern hardware. Designed from scratch after the official Flash documentation was released.

Written by turbolad the 10 Sep 10 at 20:27.

I think we should work towards embracing WebM as it is royalty-free and an open format. So far, a lot of people are behind WebM and youtube already offers its registered users an option to try beta testing many videos in WebM.

Given the restricted nature of flash and the patent encumberments on other video formats, WebM would allow everyone to create videos without all that nonsense.

I suggest people read about about this on Wikipedia and forget about Adobe's buggy and insecure flash format.

WebM on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebM

I think we should work towards embracing WebM as it is royalty-free and an open format. So far, a lot of people are behind WebM and youtube already offers its registered users an option to try beta testing many videos in WebM. Given the restricted nature of flash and the patent encumberments on other video formats, WebM would allow everyone to create videos without all that nonsense. I suggest people read about about this on Wikipedia and forget about Adobe's buggy and insecure flash format. WebM on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebM

Written by ctbeiser the 19 Sep 10 at 02:48.

With Apple's devices not supporting flash, many websites are being forced to rework themselves to work without it. Eventually, Flash is just going to die, because HTML5, Javascript, and other Open Standards are simply better, and work on more mobile devices.

With Apple's devices not supporting flash, many websites are being forced to rework themselves to work without it. Eventually, Flash is just going to die, because HTML5, Javascript, and other Open Standards are simply better, and work on more mobile devices.

Written by Lyfang the 2 Jul 11 at 23:34.

Solution #1 with Lightspark open source flash player for ActionScript 3.0. Lightspark has fall back on Gnash with ActionScript 1.0 and 2.0.

Solution #1 with Lightspark open source flash player for ActionScript 3.0. Lightspark has fall back on Gnash with ActionScript 1.0 and 2.0.

Written by Lyfang the 29 Jul 11 at 19:54.

Make Gnash work with popular online games on Facebook such as FarmVille and Café World.

Make Gnash work with popular online games on Facebook such as FarmVille and Café World.

Written by Knad the 16 Nov 08 at 14:33.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #15679 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #15679 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by stan3 the 23 Apr 10 at 20:16.

http://paste.ubuntu.com/421810/

http://paste.ubuntu.com/421810/

Written by Rioting_Pacifist the 26 Aug 08 at 12:15.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #12565 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #12565 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by krs the 10 Mar 09 at 09:14.

with a simple button, or via a context menu, you can switch to Flash from Gnash, if the animation isn't supported. If you want to watch a flash movie in full screen without tearing, you can switch to Gnash very easily.

with a simple button, or via a context menu, you can switch to Flash from Gnash, if the animation isn't supported. If you want to watch a flash movie in full screen without tearing, you can switch to Gnash very easily.

Written by razor7 the 10 Mar 09 at 21:00.

Sponsor and support the Gnash project

Sponsor and support the Gnash project

Written by benpicco the 27 Mar 09 at 03:14.

Sponsor and support the swfdec project

Sponsor and support the swfdec project

Written by Clorox the 19 Sep 09 at 16:55.

The internet is infested with Flash. It's a rich internet application platform, as well as an animation platform. JavaFX is made for rich internet applications, and can do the same things as Flash, if not better. JavaFX, however, has fully-compatible open-source implementations. Just promote use of JavaFX instead of Flash.

The internet is infested with Flash. It's a rich internet application platform, as well as an animation platform. JavaFX is made for rich internet applications, and can do the same things as Flash, if not better. JavaFX, however, has fully-compatible open-source implementations. Just promote use of JavaFX instead of Flash.

Written by komputes the 6 Jul 08 at 14:38.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #10787 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #10787 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by maXime the 22 Mar 09 at 14:57.

To make VLC better, just integrate a Plugin like the Youtube-Plugin for Totem.

To make VLC better, just integrate a Plugin like the Youtube-Plugin for Totem.

Written by Aragilar the 21 Jul 09 at 08:26.

As far as I can see, there is no plugin system for VLC like Totem has (which provides Youtube, and I also notice, Jamendo). Therefore, by creating a plugin system, VLC can gain new features.

As far as I can see, there is no plugin system for VLC like Totem has (which provides Youtube, and I also notice, Jamendo). Therefore, by creating a plugin system, VLC can gain new features.

Written by daengbo the 23 Mar 09 at 04:49.

Ask Adobe to place an apt:adobe-flashplugin link on the download page that YouTube links to. Make sure that this link is clearly for Ubuntu users.

The user will click the link and Flash will be installed from the repoositories.

Ask Adobe to place an apt:adobe-flashplugin link on the download page that YouTube links to. Make sure that this link is clearly for Ubuntu users. The user will click the link and Flash will be installed from the repoositories.

Written by daengbo the 23 Mar 09 at 04:51.

We could use Greasemonkey and a userscript to rewrite the link to Adobe into an apt: link installing the software. This would require Greasemonkey to be installed by default. There could be space and security ramifications.

We could use Greasemonkey and a userscript to rewrite the link to Adobe into an apt: link installing the software. This would require Greasemonkey to be installed by default. There could be space and security ramifications.

Written by enubuntu the 21 Dec 08 at 11:14.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #16702 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #16702 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by torkiano the 15 Feb 09 at 17:20.

Gnash has support for youtube and other flash sites. It is free software so it can be included in the default installation.

Also, it has support for 64 bit computers and for more architectures than non-free plugin

Furthermore gnash would get greater testing if installed by default.

http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/priority.html#gnash
http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/

If one site doesn't work you can always install the non-free plugin.

0.8.5 version has a lot of improvements

Gnash has support for youtube and other flash sites. It is free software so it can be included in the default installation. Also, it has support for 64 bit computers and for more architectures than non-free plugin Furthermore gnash would get greater testing if installed by default. http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/priority.html#gnash http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/ If one site doesn't work you can always install the non-free plugin. 0.8.5 version has a lot of improvements

Written by Michael.Heimann the 25 Feb 09 at 23:37.

I'm installing 64bit always on a 64 bit machine - and why wouldn't I? Ask yourself what a non-IT guy would do - and then let him go to youtube.

I have no easy way to install a flash plugin that works. Adobe does have a beta plugin that is actually rock stable and could be included - not by default since it's nonfree - but as an option.

I'm installing 64bit always on a 64 bit machine - and why wouldn't I? Ask yourself what a non-IT guy would do - and then let him go to youtube. I have no easy way to install a flash plugin that works. Adobe does have a beta plugin that is actually rock stable and could be included - not by default since it's nonfree - but as an option.

Written by Wiplash4 the 30 Dec 08 at 10:39.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #16913 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #16913 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by coqui1212 the 27 May 10 at 23:10.

I sadly cannot code at all, so I cannot improve this for Ubuntu. Hopefully someone who can, sees this and decides to do something about it.

I sadly cannot code at all, so I cannot improve this for Ubuntu. Hopefully someone who can, sees this and decides to do something about it.

Written by gothmneph the 4 Aug 08 at 17:14.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #11835 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #11835 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution.</i><br /> Thanks!