Flash/Shockwave sluggish

shock_ez · 07-05-2003, 09:34 AM

I was wondering if the linux implementation of flash/shockwave is simply inadequate. I know it's not my machine as when I was running windoze, the same shockwave movies I am playing now (slowly) played fine. I have tried two different browsers (though both Mozilla based) and the results are the same. I simply installed the plugin from Macromedia's page, perhaps I did something wrong? I am a newb after all...

Any ideas? Thanks..

Shock_ez

candyman123 · 07-05-2003, 09:52 AM

I've noticed the same thing as well.

And I've noticed that java applets run much slower in Linux than in Windows. Why? I don't know. Perhaps the applets are optimized for Windows...but wasn't java supposed to be system independent?

As far as flash goes, I know that the OS you are running definitely makes a difference. In my differential equations class, our book came with some macromedia software. It ran beautifully in Windows. It ran horribly on Mac OS...but it ran beautifully in Virtual PC...go figure!

shock_ez · 07-07-2003, 06:28 PM

So...run Internet Explorer in WINE?