Firefox won't let me open .swfs I have on my HD... Halp?

2008-05-15 08:02:24

#1

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6467|Winland

Just downloaded an swf file, a regular flash file. But, when I try to open it in Firefox, it just asks where I want to save the file.

I've solved this some time before, but I can't remember what I did. If I choose to open with Firefox, it just asks where I want to save it. I'm running FF3b5.

Halp?

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-05-15 08:18:34

#2

jamiet757: Member; +138|6893

Go to your settings and choose which files to automatically download and which to not

2008-05-15 08:23:52

#3

Dauntless: Admin; +2,249|7013|London

Use IE?

2008-05-15 08:26:43

#4

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6467|Winland

Dauntless wrote:
Use IE?

I used IE to get to use the file, but IE is slow as hell, ugly as hell, etc, and barely works. (Had to keep pressing Play in the right-click menu, etc)

I tried putting Firefox as the default program to open those files with, but it only resulted in an endless loop of new tabs.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-05-15 09:49:50

#5

aimless: Member; +166|6395|Texas

VLC can play .swfs.

2008-05-15 10:04:40

#6

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6467|Winland

aimless wrote:
VLC can play .swfs.

I think you're referring to .flv.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-05-15 10:09:33

#7

Nessie09: I "fix" things; +107|6940|The Netherlands

Use IE?
Or else quicktime?

2008-05-15 10:20:08

#8

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6763|N. Ireland

Has it worked recently?

2008-05-15 10:33:34

#9

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6467|Winland

kylef wrote:
Has it worked recently?

I haven't done it in a pretty long time... Never in b5.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-05-15 11:17:26

#10

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6763|N. Ireland

http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/

You can install that on 3.5b - try that and see if Flash works afterwards as normal.

2008-05-15 12:12:33

#11

aimless: Member; +166|6395|Texas

Freezer7Pro wrote:
aimless wrote:
VLC can play .swfs.
I think you're referring to .flv.

No, it can play .swf also.

2008-05-15 12:37:37

#12

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6467|Winland

kylef wrote:
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/

You can install that on 3.5b - try that and see if Flash works afterwards as normal.

I've got flash set - All other flash things work, except from those on my HD.

aimless wrote:
Freezer7Pro wrote:
aimless wrote:
VLC can play .swfs.
I think you're referring to .flv.
No, it can play .swf also.

Well, not interactive ones, it seems. Perhaps the one I'm trying to open is simply too large for VLC.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

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