removed MP3 support in media players in fedora core 1

[Alexandre]

Em Sex, 2003-12-05 às 16:45, Jack Bowling escreveu:

> > This harkens back to the ease of use issue. Or as we like to say, the Grandma issue.
> > I just had to work with a Windows 2000 laptop. I went to a website that 
> > required Flash, and guess what happened? It automatically downloaded and 
> > installed the flash player and continued on playing. Easy enough for Grandma.
> > Knock Windows as much as you want, it is much easier to install software 
> > for the common user. This is the drawback to Linux at this time. It is 
> > definitely not ready for the common user, ie Grandma. Grandma is going to 
> > find it hard to install java. Hey Grandma, just download the rpm and install, 
> > then go into /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins and create a link to the plugin.  
> [snip]
> I use linux so I do not have "ease of use" programs installing things
> without my input. This is something I wish to never see on any of my
> boxes.

An preety old version of netscape had the ability to, at least, drive
you to the right download place for that plugin. Mozilla does not do
this.