<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Scobleizer]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://scobleizer.blog]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Robert Scoble]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://scobleizer.blog/author/scobleizer/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Flash on Firefox 2.0 beta hangs my&nbsp;machine]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Oh, Mike Chambers over at Adobe <a href="http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mesh/archives/2006/07/why_i_dont_use.html">has some fun at my expense</a>. So, I thought I&#8217;d give Flash another try on Firefox. This time with Firefox 2.0 beta 1 release candidate <a href="http://www.techmeme.com/#a060709p22">that just came out</a>. So far the License for Flash has hung my machine for more than five minutes. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35034363287@N01/185883582/">Here&#8217;s what my screen looks like</a>.</p>
<p>This isn&#8217;t a good experience folks.</p>
<p>Regarding 1.0? Yeah, I finally did load it but it took a half dozen clicks and the EULA is pages long with language that normal people can&#8217;t understand (does anyone really read those things anyway?). If I was a normal person instead of a tech geek I&#8217;d say &#8220;screw this&#8221; and hit the back button.</p>
<p>But, I&#8217;m sure that I&#8217;ll get 60 more comments about how I&#8217;m an idiot instead of an engineer from Adobe saying &#8220;we got rid of the stupid EULA&#8221; or someone from the Firefox team saying &#8220;we just included Flash with our browser to make it easier on users (which would require Adobe to give up some of its rights, I guess).&#8221;</p>
<p>And, yes, since Mike made the point WMV really pisses me off on the Mac too which is why at Podtech I will try to not use it if at all possible.</p>
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