Bug#656904: Gnash breaks flash-enabled websites (such as Google Finance)

[Alexey Eromenko]

Package: gnash
Version: 0.8.10~git20111001-1
Severity: grave

When using IceWeasel (or Chromium) and entering flash-enabled website, like
Google Finance.

To reproduce:
Enter Google Finance:
http://www.google.com/finance?q=EURUSD

You see "gray rectangle".

Because this website has a fallback mechanism, removing "gnash" gives
users static content of the web-site. Web-site detects whenever the
browser is flash-enabled or not, and gives different content according
to it.

This package must be either:
1. fixed, or
2. gnash should be avoided on all new desktop installations, or
3. activate gnash only on supported websites, such as YouTube

I'm not a developed, but willing to assist in testing.

I am using Debian GNU/Linux wheezy/testing on AMD64
(also tried gnash 0.8.8-5 Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.3 on AMD64 and i386)
Same problem applies to other Flash-enabled websites, such as: www.amd.com

-- 
-Alexey Eromenko "Technologov"
22.Jan.2012.