Firefox flash not working right?

[Brian Puccio]

On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 20:29 -0500, David M. Carney wrote:
> When I first installed Ubuntu (Warty 4.10) I didn't realize there was
> a flash plugin package so I installed the Macromedia version.
> 
> If you don't mind installing it over the available package, I can
> report that it's worked perfectly since the day I installed.
> 
> If there are any problems with using it over the packaged version,
> perhaps someone will enlighten us. But until then I'd recommend
> Macromedia's flash plugin if the other isn't working for you and flash
> is important.

I did the same as well, unaware that there was an alternative that was
installable with apt.  I have had no problems with the Macromedia
version (though some free software advocates might call me names and
shun me) whoch I installed form within Firefox and have used it since.