because otherwise firefox doesn't, or didn't, seem to properly detect shockwave as installed via mozplugger and wine. It was a step needed in karmic and earlier releases, I haven't tried skipping it in lucid. I don't think it's highly likely many other people will encounter a need to do so. With the exception of a few school websites I've seen very little that still needs shockwave as opposed to flash.
because otherwise firefox doesn't, or didn't, seem to properly detect shockwave as installed via mozplugger and wine. It was a step needed in karmic and earlier releases, I haven't tried skipping it in lucid. I don't think it's highly likely many other people will encounter a need to do so. With the exception of a few school websites I've seen very little that still needs shockwave as opposed to flash.