Ubuntu
flashplugin-nonfree package

  1. Bug #230530
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 230530

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Gerv (gerv) wrote :

John: I think you've mistriaged this. I don't know what the "Adobe Flash Extension Kit" is, and I wasn't using it. Nothing showed up in the top right hand corner of the page. He visited YouTube, and it told him (in the page) "either JS is off or you need an upgraded Flash", and gave him a link to Macromedia. Neither Firefox nor Ubuntu did anything special to prompt Flash installation.

Exactly the same problem was reported in the great Ubuntu Girlfriend Experiment:
http://contentconsumer.com/2008/04/27/is-ubuntu-useable-enough-for-my-girlfriend/
(Second task)

In addition, after installing flashplugin-nonfree via Synaptic we didn't see any light bulb suggesting that Firefox be restarted. It's possible we may have missed it, but I don't think so. Regardless, a small lightbulb appearing wouldn't be enough - you need a desktop notification.

I work for the Mozilla Foundation, so I do know a bit about how this works. :-)

Gerv