Dump Adobe Flash NOW? - Comments Page 1

Thank you. That information was very helpful to this senior trying to understand today's technology.

Mozilla offers a view without Flash plugin.

Wondered what was going on. 2 updates on 2 consecutive days? Trust all is well now. Thanx for the headsup.

Is this why Netflix abruptly stopped working on my Firefox browser? I tried all the solutions Netflix suggested (mostly reinstalling Silverlight - whatever that is...) but no luck.
However, when I used Chrome instead, I could get Netflix to work again.

Thank you. I use Firefox and yes Firefox did disabled the Flash plugin. However, to view a webinar I was required to update the Flash plugin and once again enable the program.

What options are there?

Flash is an old time dodge to install bloatware and other programs such as maccaffery. Go slow and be careful on installing upgrades or you will have to uninstall 2 or 3 pieces of junk afterwards. I for one will be glad to see it die.

Updating Firefox
operating system - puppy linux tahrpup-6.0.3
- click on quickpet on desktop
- click on tahrpup updates
- click on flash
- follow instructions to update to latest version available.

Updating to other versions of puppy linux is more complicated.
- go to https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
- click on tar.gz for other linux
- click on "download now"
- click on "save file" and download this file - install_flash_player_11_linux.i386.tar.gz
- from downloaded file install_flash_ etc. extract file libflashplayer.so
- go to /user/lib/mozilla/plugins and delete the old libflashplayer.so file
- copy in the new file libflashplayer.so
- reboot

I use a flash blocker plug in. They are available for FireFox or Chrome. The flash blocker also allows pages to load faster.

While Chrome/Firefox updated Flash automatically,
I almost missed the Windows Update that updated the ActiveX control for Flash on Windows 8.1. My Kaspersky Vulnerability Scan yesterday flagged Flash.ocx as being out-of-date. I'd just installed the monthly batch of Windows Updates & had checked THREE times for stragglers/dependencies. I wasn't notified that another important new Update had become available the following day! (And yes, I keep Flash disabled on IE and Chrome and "Ask to Activate" in Firefox).

Yes, thanks from this long-time subscriber. Helps make things less muddled. And, a BIG thanks for your spelling and punctuation requirement. On some sites (NB: not "sights") the comments are unreadable.

And while we are at it, lets Dump Firefox as well!! At present it doesn’t allow me to play any videos on YouTube, as it claims Adobe Flash plugins are out of date.

Despite updating Adobe Flash three times already this week, Firefox 39.0 still continues to declare Adobe Flash plugins are out of date when using YouTube. Since Opera is working fine with Flash, I assume it's a Firefox issue?

To make matters worse Firefox’s “allow” button doesn't always appear either, which I find really annoying, so I have to resort to using Opera instead to view the videos.

Something happened to one of my accounts on my newish Acer desktop, running Win 8.1, and I am not able to view videos shown on You Tube and other sites. I keep getting error messages to install Adobe Flash Player, but when I check the set up in Control Panel, it says Flash is already installed. I had to create a new profile on the computer to get Flash pages to work. There should be other alternatives to Flash one can use, as there are for PDF documents, to be able to view videos on You Tube, and elsewhere.

I think flash has seen the better days and it is now time to upgrade to something that is not always so vulnerable to all the hacks etc. Flash should go away, I myself do not like it at all as I know it is dangerous to use it. So for youtube I use the html5 plugin. I did not know Mozilla offers a view without flash, never heard of that outside of the html5 plugin which does not work well on Facebook if at all. But it is time to find something new that actually uses less resources and is safe...

I removed Adobe Flash several months ago and I never missed it. >> Flash is still used on 23 percent of the 483,000 Web pages tracked by the HTTP Archive...

EDITOR'S NOTE: You may find ads on web pages useless or annoying, but they make it possible for thousands of free sites like this one to exist. Getting rid of Flash won't make ads go away, but it will make a lot of work for a lot of sites that host videos, games and other non-useless content.

"As of this writing, all known Flash vulnerabilities have been patched. So if your version is up to date, you can continue to use Flash safely. As I mentioned earlier, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer keep Flash updated automatically." The previous statement does not support the idea that you can still use Flash safely.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Why, because there may be some unknown Flash vulnerabilities? If that's your reasoning, then you could say the same thing about any software.

Forefox's Flashblock plugin is a must.. It is especially helpful to block all those flash videos that automatically load when opening a new page.

Thank you. That information was very helpful.

Thanks for expertise Bob,

Much enjoying your website. My Firefox has been blocking Flash files and so consequently I have followed its advice and updated plugins. I think that it's certainly time for me to be open to alternatives. Fundamentally Adobe needs to get it's act together. Bad news travels fast and when a significant amount of Flash users get stung, the pain will linger. It's a company I've lost a lot of respect for recent years, not paying attention to it's software, with a forum that's becoming tumbleweed.

Firefox has now blocked ALL versions of FLASH, as they no longer trust adobe given the long trail of unfixed and "panic fixed" version of Flash.

If you feel lucky, you can go to the Tools plugins area and you should be able to activate it if you have todays newest version.

In the past, I've seen ads here that looked like Adobe Flash was used to produce them. Please tell me if I am right or wrong Bob.