Jorge wrote:
> Supposedly a lot of people want to switch to Firefox and some MMedia
> evengelists like urami even have buttons on their sites encouraging people
> to use Firefox instead of IE.
>
> The problem is that whenever you install Firefox, you have to install the
> flash plug-in all over again.
> It is not included in the base installation like with IE, so stats like 96%
> of surfers have Flash are meaninglkess.
>
> Even morer serious problem is Flash plugin performance under Firefox. It is
> attrocious. On middle of the road machines everything seems like running in
> slow motion, especially games. IT IS USELESS.
>
> Until this is fixed Flash community should stay the hell away from Firefox
> and not encourage anybody to use it. ( whether this dismal performance is
> the fault of the MMedia or just the plug-in architecture as opposed to
> activeX I don't know, but IT MUST BE FIXED ).
>
> And finally Firefox is not inherently any more secure than IE anyway, it's
> just that virus writers aren't going to bother with such a small percentage
> of users. If Firefox ever does gain a significant share, they will target it
> and we will have just as incesure browser which on top of that kills all
> Flash has to offer.
>
> Firefox in its current state = garbage.
>
>

"posted.by(Vern);" <vpenrod@pc-NOSPAMgrafix.com> wrote in message
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> How many hundreds or thousands of machines have you tried it on? Surely
no
> one would be so silly as to make such comments based on just a handful of
> machines. Personally, I have five machines here at home, all running
> Firefox with no issues what-so-ever. The machines in use range from a P1
> 266mHz to a P4 2.2gHz and they all run fine. Pentium, Celeron no matter.
> Guess I have the only five setups that work. And yes, since I stopped
using
> the giant target that says "SHOOT AT ME" called Internet Explorer, I have
> much more time for stuff I WANT to do, rather than spending precious time
> DAILY trying to solve what-ever crap the lastest hacker devised today.
>
> --
> --
> Regards,
> --Vern
> ===========================
> onClipEvent(doSomethingStupid){
> setProperty("Face", color, #FF0000);
> _root.audio = "uh oh!";
> }
>
>

"Tom Unger" <tjunger@entakeoutter.net> wrote in message
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> Jorge;
> What is your source for this information? Perhaps I've been lucky, but
> I've installed firefox on several systems (varying specifications) and I
> have experienced none of these issues thus far...
> -Tom Unger
>
>

"posted.by(Vern);" <vpenrod@pc-NOSPAMgrafix.com> wrote in message
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> How many hundreds or thousands of machines have you tried it on? Surely
no
> one would be so silly as to make such comments based on just a handful of
> machines. Personally, I have five machines here at home, all running
> Firefox with no issues what-so-ever. The machines in use range from a P1
> 266mHz to a P4 2.2gHz and they all run fine. Pentium, Celeron no matter.
> Guess I have the only five setups that work. And yes, since I stopped
using
> the giant target that says "SHOOT AT ME" called Internet Explorer, I have
> much more time for stuff I WANT to do, rather than spending precious time
> DAILY trying to solve what-ever crap the lastest hacker devised today.
>
> --
> --
> Regards,
> --Vern
> ===========================
> onClipEvent(doSomethingStupid){
> setProperty("Face", color, #FF0000);
> _root.audio = "uh oh!";
> }
>
>

Tom Unger wrote:
> Jorge;
> What is your source for this information? Perhaps I've been lucky, but
> I've installed firefox on several systems (varying specifications) and I
> have experienced none of these issues thus far...
> -Tom Unger

Jorge wrote:
> Try this simple game engine I found on flashkit
>
> http://www.mondomaniatrics.com/blog/masterlao/engines/index.htm
>
> Click on hero> spawn hero then use up arrow key to jump and left right to
> run
>
> In firefox it's 3 times slower ( any machine around 1ghz ). This si
> absolutely unacceptable.
>
> 2advanced cut scenes/animations also take 3 times longer to play out in
> firefox.

"luvcraft" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>I think I have a similar problem, but the other way around; a flash game
>I'm
> working on plays at a consistent speed in IE, but all of my friends who
> use
> firefox tell me it runs way too FAST....

<angrybinary@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>"luvcraft" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
>news:crf6sp$7lg$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>>I think I have a similar problem, but the other way around; a flash game
>>I'm
>> working on plays at a consistent speed in IE, but all of my friends who
>> use
>> firefox tell me it runs way too FAST....
>
>IE always has seemed to run Flash slower than other browsers. For the most
>part, I've found FireFox and Netscape to play flash at the closest speed to
>the standalone player.
>
>A quick note on security, however... I wonder how such a fairly new browser
>can really stand up to one that's been assaulted by every kind of exploitive
>attack ever conceived by the teeming hordes of anti-corporate malintents?
>Probably full o' holes, but then again, FireFox hasn't nearly as many
>enemies. Kinda like Switzerland or something.
>
>angryB
>