[K12OSN] flashplayer 8 enabled sites

[Angus Carr]

cisna-barry at wc235.k12.il.us wrote:

>hello List,
>
>Has anyone run into how to get flashplayer 8 enabled sites to work on
>Mozilla Firefox? This is the first flash site Ive run into that flahplayer
>didnt work in. It is www iditarod com . it does say on their site it
>requires Flash #8.
>Of course the latest flash version being shown (same as if you download)
>from this site),,is flash #7 for firefox..
>One of the teachers that uses K12LTSP here would dearly like to get this
>to work.
>Kinda frustrating...
>Anyone know of a fixup for this?
>  
>
For doing such things, you might install WINE, the Windows Firefox, and 
then the flash 8 plugin for Windows. That can work for the unusual site, 
but it's not really stable enough for day-to-day stuff.

Angus.