>> to create some irritating Flash thingy that refuses to >> allow me to stop it. I finally removed the Flash plugin >> from my machine and, so far, I don't miss it much. > > A right click on the display brings up the Flash menu which allows > one to toggle the "play" off [stop] for a running Flash animation > or using the "stop" option in the browser will make the d/l cease > if it hasn't begun to play.
It would be nice if that were true, but it ain't - the "honorable gentlemen" at MacroMedia (and I mean that in the most Senatorial way possible) have apparently provided Flash programmers with the ability to remove/disable the Stop selection from that little menu. I'm on another mailing list where there's a guy who works for MacroMedia and whenever this topic comes up his eyes just roll waaaaaayy back up into his head and he starts chanting the party line about how great Flash is, being very careful not to notice how much frustration is being expressed by the other list members. Unsurprising, really - MacroMedia make no money on the players; it's the composition software that people pay for, and the people writing those checks are the advertisers who, obviously, have an interest in preventing you from shutting down their ads; MacroMedia are complicit. BTW, I did dig up that CSS hack - it turns out that it's keyed on file size like some of other ones. I've not used this one but, IIRC, you're supposed to stick this in your /chrome/userContent.css - (MCLX alums: FYI this is from John Baboval) /* this hides the usual 468x60 Flash banner ads */ embed[type="application/x-shockwave-flash"][width="468"][height="60"] { display: none !important; visibility: hidden !important; } /* this hides the not so usual but very annoying 728x90 Flash banner ads */ embed[type="application/x-shockwave-flash"][width="728"][height="90"] { display: none !important; visibility: hidden !important; } /* three last entries for "Inquirer" style small, vertical and square ads */ embed[type="application/x-shockwave-flash"][width="125"][height="300"] { display: none !important; visibility: hidden !important; } embed[type="application/x-shockwave-flash"][width="95"][height="40"] { display: none !important; visibility: hidden !important; } embed[type="application/x-shockwave-flash"][width="125"][height="125"] { display: none !important; visibility: hidden !important; } _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss