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Re: [OM] OT: Flash Player updates

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Flash Player updates
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 15:45:28 +0100
Thanks for that, Scott.

I had thought that the BBC site would use only Flash for its video play, but in 
fact there is a conversion to HTML5 play in my Safari extension, ClicktoPlugin. 
 I disabled Flash and now the videos play with the converter (killers/Flash.js, 
or something).

Chris

> On 18 Jul 2015, at 15:26, Scott Gomez <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> What many of you might well find is that flash is not necessary at all.
> Most of the popular sites have made it possible to do most everything one
> could need using only an HTML 5 compliant browser. Check your browser's
> settings to see if there is an option to turn off flash without actually
> removing it. If so, turn it off, try it awhile, and see if you can already
> get along without it.
> 
> On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 6:58 AM Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
> wrote:
> 
>>> 
>>> Browser companies (Google, Mozilla) have lately been calling for the
>> death of
>>> Flash since it's such a flawed security risk. No word from Adobe yet, but
>> the
>>> anti-Flash sentiment is growing rapidly.
>>> 
>> 
>>     I looked into an alternative from GNU, but it would not install.
>> 
>> 
>> Chris
>> 
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