Youtube Fixed

I noticed awhile ago that my video player controls in Youtube weren't  working. The videos will start playing, but I cannot then pause them, adjust the volume, or anything else involving the mouse.

So, having a moment this morning, I finally went up to the Ubuntu Forums and the forums came through for me once again. More specifically, poster lovinglinux came through for me with a Firefox flash troubleshooting guide that included my problem, and the simple, command line solution.

One thing troubled me. The solution that lovinglinux provides involves adding the line "GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1" to a configuration file, and I have a knee-jerk suspicious reaction whenever I see WINDOWS. Happily, Dax at Dax's Blog (http://blogs.gurulabs.com/dax/2009/10/what-gdk-native.html) came through with a post titled "What GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1 means". Thanks Dax, my mind is set at ease.

And, now, for your viewing pleasure, is a screen capture of Oren Lavie's Her Morning Elegance, taken while the video was conveniently paused.