RH10 multimedia support

[Joseph Phillips]

Meant to say, "In Windows, if the user IS logged in with a regular user
account, the plugin installation would not work."

On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 16:17, Joseph Phillips wrote:
> You raise a good point.  In Windows, if the user is not logged in with a
> regular user account, the plugin installation would not work.
> 
> But Red Hat is more sophisticated, since, before proceeding with the
> plugin installation, it could prompt the user for the root password.  
> 
> This ability already exists in Red Hat.  For example, if I load up the
> redhat-config-date program as a regular user, then Red Hat prompts me
> with a dialogue that explains that administrative privileges are
> required, and that in order to proceed I must supply the root password.
> 
> On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 16:08, Paul Morgan wrote:
> > > > It's the same issue with Java and flash player for the browser. I'm not shy
> > > > of the console, but still I'd prefer an easier way to get plugins installed.
> > > > Like the way IE does it for example: if you go to a site that has java or
> > > > flash, a little pop-up comes up and prompts you to automatically install the
> > > > software. I don't see why Red Hat can't accomplish this with the browsers
> > > > they bundle in their distribution (epiphany, galeon, konqueror, mozilla).
> > 
> > What happens when the user is not an admin on their win2k box? Maybe it
> > works, and maybe it doesn't. What if the user is actually on a thin
> > client (RDP or ICA)? From much experience I can assure you that it
> > doesn't work in that case. Instead, the user gets frustrated that the
> > "easy IE way" simply doesn't meet their needs. The user then complains
> > to everybody around them that the system is broken because it didn't let
> > them do something.
> > 
> > Don't get me wrong: I'm not arguing against simplicity. Quite the
> > contrary, I love simple (i.e., graceful, elegant) solutions.
> > 
> > Unfortunately, the IE way has severe limitations once you get outside of
> > the consumer market.
> > 
> > 
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