[CentOS] adobe flash

Brian Mathis brian.mathis at gmail.com
Mon Dec 13 20:52:45 UTC 2010


On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Jerry Franz <jfranz at freerun.com> wrote:
> On 12/13/2010 12:05 PM, Sven Aluoor wrote:
>> 2010/12/13 Pintér Tibor<tibyke at tibyke.hu>:
>>> On 12/13/2010 06:30 PM, Ritika Garg wrote:
>>>> I have CentOS5.5 installed in the system. After updating the version of
>>>> firefox, the videos are playing on the internet. Earlier the message
>>>> "flash player download required" used to come.
>>> so what? is that a problem? you want your message back?
>> maybe because of the many security vulnerabilities? Because Flash is
>> proprietary, non-free? Because flash reduces battery life? Because
>> flash is prone to crash? Flash is mainly used in ads?
>>
>> There are so many reasons why Flash is crap :-)
>
> So disable it if you don't want it.
>
> Tools -> Add-ons -> Plugins -> Shockwave Flash -> 'Disable'.
> --
> Benjamin Franz


Or install the Flashblock extension that allows you to selectively
enable it when you want to.



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