Do you still have Adobe Flash installed? I got rid of it.

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  • rowan
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Mar 2002
    • 17393
    #1

    Do you still have Adobe Flash installed? I got rid of it.

    A couple of weeks ago I decided that I was sick of the constant updates, so I went all the way and uninstalled it. So far, not much difference...

    - Youtube player looks slightly different, but it works fine.

    - One affiliate program I use has an animated flash header which no longer shows; no big deal.

    - Embedded Youtube vids in GFY threads no longer work, showing the message "A plugin is needed to view this content."

    The last one is a bit puzzling, because I can still see embedded Youtube vids on other sites. Maybe GFY needs to update the embedding code?

    Anyone else also rid themselves of Flash?
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    • rowan
      Too lazy to set a custom title
      • Mar 2002
      • 17393
      #2
      I guess this is the problem... GFY embeds the Youtube player as a flash application:

      Code:
      <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/t7tA3NNKF0Q?autoplay=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed>
      Whereas other sites embed an iframe which allows Youtube to choose the correct way to present it:

      Code:
      <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/m4s_mSAbk4I?enablejsapi=1&amp;" width="640"></iframe>

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        • 12clicks
          Too lazy to set a custom title
          • Jan 2001
          • 19813
          #3
          if you still have flash installed on your computer, you are completely oblivious to security.
          I'm not a dinosaur, I'm a crocodile. I've seen dinosaurs come and go and I'm left unimpressed.

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            • Phoenix
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              • Nov 2002
              • 35475
              #4
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                • BIGTYMER
                  Junior Achiever
                  • Nov 2004
                  • 17066
                  #5
                  Remove java while you're at it.

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                    • rayadp05
                      TRUEAMATEURMODELS.COM
                      • Nov 2005
                      • 4175
                      #6
                      Yeah, I just recently uninstalled it too. No need for it really.

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                        • rayadp05
                          TRUEAMATEURMODELS.COM
                          • Nov 2005
                          • 4175
                          #7
                          Originally posted by 12clicks
                          if you still have flash installed on your computer, you are completely oblivious to security.
                          Exactly.

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                            • rowan
                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                              • Mar 2002
                              • 17393
                              #8
                              Originally posted by BIGTYMER
                              Remove java while you're at it.
                              Gave that the flick 10+ years ago. On the rare occasion I need to use it, say for a remote KVM application, I install it solely for the required duration, then it gets promptly removed.

                              I remember Java was one of the first programs to start nagging about updates. Now they all do it.

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