Adobe Flash Player disappears but works

[Ole Juul]

Although this is on a Kubuntu 8.04 system, I'm posting it here because I'm not sure if is related to the Kubuntu version, the browser, or the Adobe Flash version.

I have Flash working and it seems fine, but what I have noticed is that when used for radio, it somehow goes off the screen after a while. I haven't tested this in different browsers, but I always run a radio station in Epiphany and then when I go to bed, I just close the Flash popup. The next day when I click on the station link, it plays but there is no popup. This is most annoying because I need to see the program information frequently.

When I first noticed this problem, I fiddled with the browser settings and checked "allow popup windows" but that only made the window stay up until it was closed by me. It didn't make it come back after I've closed it. I have to reload the browser every time I want to change or restart a station.

A specific example:
1. Go here: http://www.cbc.ca/radio/
2. Under "New to Radio 2" choose "Jazz"
3. Hear music, then close pupup.
4. Click "Jazz" again.
5. Hear music, no popup.

[askrieger]

Re: Adobe Flash Player disappears but works

Personally, I've been listening to the CBC classical channel in Firefox since you first brought up the subject (in the context of Flash) a few days ago. I just open a separate Ff tab for the CBC (instead of listening Otto's Classical Music on 1.FM in Amarok). I've never tried Epiphany, though.

[Ole Juul]

Re: Adobe Flash Player disappears but works

Personally, I've been listening to the CBC classical channel in Firefox since you first brought up the subject (in the context of Flash) a few days ago. I just open a separate Ff tab for the CBC (instead of listening Otto's Classical Music on 1.FM in Amarok). I've never tried Epiphany, though.

That's a great station. Glad you like it. I too just keep it open in it's separate window. In my case also on a separate browser on a separate desktop.

As far as full featured browsers are concerned, both Epiphany and Galeon are quite nice - and they're just a click away.

[vinnywright]

Re: Adobe Flash Player disappears but works

tryed to reproduce this but could not..........I closed reopend the popup 5 times on firefox and Epiphany with no trouble

however hear it's on Kubuntu-10.04 KDE-4.4.5 Epiphany-2.30.2 Firefox-3.6.6 flash-10.1.53.64

VINNY

[Ole Juul]

Re: Adobe Flash Player disappears but works

Thanks for trying that Vinny. When I close the popup the sound continues, and it never comes back. If I click on another channel, then that plays, but the popup stays gone. I just think Adobe Flash is buggy. I notice they pulled their 64bit version, so perhaps they actually don't have the skill or manpower to make this stuff work properly.