Tim Smith <reply-in-group@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> In article <1318186.vggWDnyI67@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Video proving this. I noticed that quite some time ago, but linux.com goes as
>> far as demonstrating this. MTV does the same, but then again, MTV is working
>> hand in hand with Microsoft.
>
> Comments on Digg say it works if you change your browser identification.
>
Ive just watched this : its a typical Rex like long winded waffle with
a simple answer. The web designer forgot to check for Linux with the
right plugins - can it even do it? At the end of the day the (illegal in
the us) codecs work, but does the web know they're installed? I dont
know. What i do know is that because of "choice" there are lots of Linux
installations which will *not* show the videos because they havent been
correctly configured or had the correcr codecs installed - its why
someone created Automatix for Ubuntu - to simplify what was previously a
configuration nightmare.
Linux has such a small footprint that I suspect it didnt even cross the
web designers mind. I know that my company's web site gets about 0.1%
hits from Linux clients according to the page statistics : not enough to
warrant the extra costs & time involved in multi-platform testing
unfortunately. Fortunately it usually "just works" regardless.
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