Flash sites to look forward to???

[colnago]

Yeah I'd be really surprised if you found a way around it as the Flash plugin itself can report the operating system of the user independently of what the browser is reporting. It's possible that hulu is only checking the browser user-agent string, but I doubt it.

Anywho, good luck, be curious as to your results.

FWIW, I just got a major (90MB) Maemo update last week...Flash sites running/loading noticably faster, as well as Firefox browser. I haven't looked into the browser extension "spoofing" but hulu/abc.com, and the like, are still reporting that either my browser or OS is not supported (site looking for PC based OS to install plugins).

If nothing else, hardware wise, the Droid shoud be able to make full Flash sites usable.

 

[JM33]

orb.com, if it will stream to youtube player, even better.

 

[megaera]

I'm gonna take a second to sadly report about the Hulu situation, which is that the networks made Hulu specifically not support mobile browsers or OS because they are idiots who think that it makes sense to require new licensing for streaming to a mobile device. (Although in hair tearing idiocy, it is device and not network specific- internet connection, not TV network- as you can stream on a laptop using a tethered mobile device and watch to your heart's content.) You might also recall that for the briefest of moments Hulu actually launched mobile support last year and then had to apologize for being buggered by the networks. There's not really any great workaround for this that I've found. You can download hulu video downloader, but functions a lot like recording on your old VCR (i.e. you have to play the entire whatever on Hulu while recording it.)

Hulu promises that it is working on the licensing issues, but they've been saying that for half a year. Here's a link to their line of reasoning: Hulu responds to Boxee / Skyfire / PS3 Ban . I'm not sure whether it's completely the networks, as Hulu might actually be planning to implement mobile support as part of a subscription service (thus "windowing" for their profit just like the big boys). Just pick your level of cynicism to decide which or how much of the above reasons are true.

 

[alostpacket]

Sadly this double dipping the networks try and do is exactly what pushes people towards the pirate bay et al. They need to learn from iTunes that if they make things easy then people will pay. If they keep tossing up arbitrary walls they just open the door to bittorrent.

 

[colnago]

Meh, you can keep hulu, et al, just give me sling/HAVA support. I may keep my Moto Q just for "TV Watching".