Re:Firefox makes click-to-activate Flash the default
by JackWebbHeller on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @04:18AM
(#9883475)
The update process is horrendous. Redirect to Adobe's website, follow a 3-step 'wizard' - where Step 2 is a placebo 10-second loading bar saying it is "initialising" - and Step 3 is an advertisement for installing other crap from Adobe.
After all that you have to download a DMG, close all your applications and reinstall from scratch. Why not just build in an auto-update in the background and be done with it...
Re:Firefox makes click-to-activate Flash the default
by rockdoe on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @05:41AM
(#9883727)
If you're on Windows and are not careful you risk ending up with McAffee as a drive-by!
Re:Firefox makes click-to-activate Flash the default
by mschuster91 on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @04:49AM
(#9883569)
On Windoze, I always go to google for "flash player distribution3" and install the MSI packages for enterprise deployment. That keeps me from the malware bundle.
Re:Firefox makes click-to-activate Flash the default
by _Ogre on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @04:20AM
(#9883480)
On the Mac, it's easy, I use Chrome as my Flash jail. I use Safari all the time and the few times I need Flash I fire up Chrome and it's there. Don't have to worry about Flash hacks or Chrome battery drainage.
Re:Firefox makes click-to-activate Flash the default
by dzhiurgis on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @06:26AM
(#9883867)
Been doing the same for years now. Don't see why people are still discussing it.
Re:Firefox makes click-to-activate Flash the default
by vbezhenar on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @06:13AM
(#9883835)
HSTS subdomain tracking is probably the best method of tracking, because it works in private mode and there's no easy way to clear those "cookies".
Re:Firefox makes click-to-activate Flash the default
by franciscop on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @04:17AM
(#9883471)
The only other place where I've found that flash is relevant is in auto-play videos, so now with flash installed but disabled is basically removing the auto-play 'feature', which is really neat.
Re:Firefox makes click-to-activate Flash the default
by robin_reala on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @07:22AM
(#9884036)
<video autoplay> ? http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/embedded-content-0.html#attr-medi...
Flash isn't super relevant anymore anyway, the main thing it's used for on my computer is Flash tracking cookies, and I can do without those. I do wonder how some of the tracking and retargeting companies will deal with the decline of Flash though. We asked a partner to stop using Flash for tracking, their response was that it's the best way to doing user tracking. Hopefully they'll change their mind soon.