Thanks for the responses coreplayer2.
Flash 11 does not work on my old processors, tried many times over the last year or so on various Linux OS. Flash 10 no problems. As outlined, pretty sure it's an SSE2 issue but can't confirm. Unfortunately Adobe doesn't transparently provide these specific hardware requirements, not that i could find anyway. Similar issue with PaleMoon browser last year. After they dropped SSE processor support (SSE2 only), PaleMoon never ran on my system again, did not even load
Diehard Firefox so Chromium is not an option.
Similar to above, i do not require an extension that supports other browsers - just Firefox.
As mentioned, already tried getFlash10 from TC3 or 4 with no joy (different TC system or broken download links). Plus i prefer a manual install, don't require a script, want to minimize sym linked files in /usr/local/, etc.
On my old systems, using old Flash 10 is the
only option and when set up correctly does not throw errors - runs fine. YouTube doesn't even complain about outdated Flash, everything just works. Wish HTML5 video worked better on old hardware, but it's even more resource hungry than Flash and not all sites support HTML5.
FWIW: Flash 10 is now running great on my TC 6.2 system, 800 MHz, 512 MB RAM, provided it's only 240-360.
In response to my previous queries:
- Looks like maybe you don't think the proposed extension is worthwhile. Seems everyone but me probably has adequate hardware to run Flash 11 or enough processing power to go with HTML5.
- If you know, please clarify whether Flash 11 requires the same minimum dependencies listed above to run. Not to process the getFlash11 script/install, just to run Flash 11 in Firefox.
I'll probably drop this idea and just create a personal extension to load Flash dependencies OnDemand. Additional input is, however, welcome. Will sit on it for a week or so and see if there are additional responses and insights. Lack of response probably means minimal demand or not required. My initial post in this thread is probably enough of a 'how to' for most new TC users to manually get Flash working in Firefox anyway.
Thanks again.