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Idea #18763: Help YouTube Install Flash Properly

Written by daengbo the 23 Mar 09 at 04:49. Related project: Flash plugin (macromedia). Status: New
Rationale
Most users run to YouTube first to check their Flash capability, and they are told that Flash isn't working for them. YouTube helpfully offers a download from the Adobe site, but this doesn't help many new users.

This problem occurs because YouTube uses Javascript to detect the Flash version. Other sites not using Javascript and containing Flash videos trigger the plug-in finder.
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Solution #1: Ask Adobe for help
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.
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Solution #2: Re-write the YouTube link to be an apt: link
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.

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PsyWolf wrote on the 9 Jul 10 at 15:55
It looks like Adobe adopted solution #1. This idea should be marked as "implemented".


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