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Re: So you think you know your stuff?
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Tue, 19 Dec 2000 08:49:52 GMT
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"Christopher Lindsey" <lindsey@nospam.mallorn.com> wrote in message
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> Daniel Crichton wrote:
> >
> > As a bit of a laugh (and to get people to use my company's web site) the
> > company I run the web site for has written a Flash application that • gives
> > you 60 seconds to answer as many techie (and some non-techie) questions • as
> > possible, and there are a load of prizes up for grabs for the most
> > knowledgeable. I know this sounds like a bit of a spam, but it's really • just
> > to see if anyone wants to try their hand at beating me (yes, the cartoon
> > character in the app is modelled on myself!) at their techie know-how. • You
> > can get the Flash app at http://computer-manuals.co.uk/ChallengeDan/
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> Not to put a damper on things, but doesn't the use of Windows/DOS binaries
> or the Flash 5 requirement eliminate a fair number of techies? I was • looking
> to put a team together at work, but nobody wanted to install Windows on
> a system just for this... :)
Ah, the SWF file is also so there so as long as you have an OS that
Macromedia have a Flash player (or Flash control to use in a browser) it
will run on other OS's (well, only MacOS PowerPC at the moment, seems
Macromedia don't have Flash 5 ready for Linux yet!). Nearly every techie I
know here in the UK uses Windows NT or Windows 2000, only one or 2 have
Linux running. We use a lot of stuff that isn't in Flash 4 so it was hard to
make it more widely compatible ... maybe next time we'll have to sacrifice
functionality to support more OS's.
Actually, if anyone with Redhat or Slackware Linux, or Solaris 2.x, can try
the SWF file if they also have Netscape Navigator 3 or higher, it may work
as Macromedia do list these as Flash 5 compatible on their system
requirements page.
Dan
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| (...) That's odd... You're right, the system requirements page at (URL) that Flash 5 is available for Linux. But when I try to download it I can only get Flash 4, and the download page says the same thing: (URL) to be on the safe side I downloaded (...) (24 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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