Replace Adobe Flash
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Replace Adobe Flash
by buzz456 » Tue Jul 14, 2015 4:40 pm
So Firefox is saying we should get rid of Adobe Flash because it's too easy to hack. What should we replace it with?
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Re: Replace Adobe Flash
by PapaXpress » Tue Jul 14, 2015 5:16 pm
HTML 5 has been slowly (too slow in my opinion) taking over where flash was used, so your browser is still the place where you will be watching and playing movies and apps.
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Re: Replace Adobe Flash
by dgallina » Tue Jul 14, 2015 5:20 pm
Well, nothing ideally as most sites transitioned off Flash altogether. Youtube and others switched to HTML 5 video a while back. Most of the time it's craptastic flash ads.
Flash and Java are both security disasters so better to let them go everywhere possible.
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Flash and Java are both security disasters so better to let them go everywhere possible.
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Re: Replace Adobe Flash
by gtrtroger » Tue Jul 14, 2015 6:03 pm
As an IT and Security Pro, all I can say is "Its about time!" I've been preaching the faults of flash for years. Kill it now and let's move forward.....there are and have been more secure options.
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Re: Replace Adobe Flash
by peterhayes » Tue Jul 14, 2015 6:39 pm
dg
That's interesting every time I play a Youtube video I get a message saying that Adobe Flash is required to play this video - which then goes on to play anyway!
I would love to get rid of Java & Flash for all the reasons give here!
pH
Well, nothing ideally as most sites transitioned off Flash altogether. Youtube and others switched to HTML 5 video a while back. Most of the time it's craptastic flash ads.
That's interesting every time I play a Youtube video I get a message saying that Adobe Flash is required to play this video - which then goes on to play anyway!
I would love to get rid of Java & Flash for all the reasons give here!
pH
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Re: Replace Adobe Flash
by dgallina » Wed Jul 15, 2015 3:14 pm
Not all Youtube videos have been transcoded to other formats. May also depend on the web browser you are using.
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Re: Replace Adobe Flash
by buzz456 » Thu Jul 16, 2015 10:47 am
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Re: Replace Adobe Flash
by Ericmopar » Thu Jul 16, 2015 10:11 pm
peterhayes wrote:dgWell, nothing ideally as most sites transitioned off Flash altogether. Youtube and others switched to HTML 5 video a while back. Most of the time it's craptastic flash ads.
That's interesting every time I play a Youtube video I get a message saying that Adobe Flash is required to play this video - which then goes on to play anyway!
I would love to get rid of Java & Flash for all the reasons give here!
pH
That's because you need to go into YouTube and click on the button that says to use HTML5 whenever possible.
Also your browser must support HTML5.
Here's the link for turning on the HTML5 option at YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/html5
Most Flash malware actually comes from adds in the sidebars, so if a person uses Chrome or Firefox with AdblockPlus the malware hits drop to essentially zero.
I had been told that years ago, but it wasn't until about 3-4 years ago that I first started using the AdblockPlus extension for Firefox. Sure enough I noticed less hits on my anti virus programs. In fact it dropped to zero, except for one annoying episode with Conduit redirect malware from tvguide.com
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Re: Replace Adobe Flash
by peterhayes » Thu Jul 16, 2015 10:39 pm
Eric
thanks for the tip!!
I finally replied to your PM about vertical sync on the steam forums - sorry I missed the pm - I never look at that status bar!!
Regards
ph
thanks for the tip!!
I finally replied to your PM about vertical sync on the steam forums - sorry I missed the pm - I never look at that status bar!!
Regards
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Re: Replace Adobe Flash
by Ericmopar » Thu Jul 16, 2015 10:47 pm
Check out my above post Peter. I was editing it to ad the link at YouTube, because it's not in a person's settings.
Anyhow, you posted before I finished.
Anyhow, you posted before I finished.
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Re: Replace Adobe Flash
by peterhayes » Fri Jul 17, 2015 12:06 am
Eric
I've set Youtube to use HTML5 as per your suggestion and it works very well!
Thanks
pH
I've set Youtube to use HTML5 as per your suggestion and it works very well!
Thanks
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