Great sleuthing, astounding Adobe message. -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Logue via Jfw Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 9:04 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Cc: Robert Logue Subject: Re: latest firefox version that supports adobe flash player
I'm curious about turning off Flash and why we should disable it. Didn't know labels worked better in Youtube without it. Thing is do we disable or set to ask to activate? I decided to look in to this. Found a checkbox for Flash in Firefox that wasn't labeled so I read more and found something we should know about. I'll paste it below without comment. Adobe Flash protected mode in Firefox | Firefox Help (Redirected from Enable Flash Protected Mode Settings on Firefox) Flash protected mode is a security feature for Firefox which is implemented by Adobe for Windows operating systems (Windows Vista/7/8 or above). This feature is enabled by default, to make it difficult for attackers to access your computer. Flash protected mode might cause Flash performance problems in Firefox, such as persistent hangs or plugin crashes. This is especially true for users on Windows touchscreen devices and for users who use accessibility tools. On 9/21/2015 6:50 PM, Brad Martin via Jfw wrote: > No, it's not a security issue. Like I said, if you had said you were > getting an error that Flash was disabled, that would have been the > problem. > > I have noticed that Firefox seems to crash a bit with video embedded > sites lately. Honestly, what I've found that helped me was installing > an add-on called Adblock. I installed it at the recommendation of a > friend, but when I did, almost all my crashing problems stopped. You > can download it at www.getadblock.com if you want it. It has fixed > most of my issues. > > Brad > > On 9/20/2015 10:15 PM, douglas richard dexheimer wrote: >> I can still listen to the stations or videos in question on my >> iphone; sometimes when I get a crash message in FF (on my win7 >> computer using nvda) I try the link in my ot her browsers--sometimes >> it works, other times not. other browsers may get unresponsive, or >> show the controls but no sound is heard from the embedded player. >> I'll get a message like "embedded object unavailable." why would >> flash's security diminish with later versions of firefox--i.e., why >> did those sites work in earlier ff versions on my older windows xp >> computer, but not in the current version on my new windows 7 machine? >> >> Douglas Richard Dexheimer >> Chief of Braille Productions >> Born-Again Productions >> The Friedman Place, Apt.308 >> 5527 N. Maplewood Ave. >> Chicago, IL 60625 >> cell phone 913-244-0612 >> [email protected] >> >> On 9/20/2015 9:28 PM, Brad Martin wrote: >>> Sorry you didn't get my response from a few days ago. Trying again... >>> >>> What I wrote regarding Firefox 40.0.3 was: >>> >>> That should work. I thought you were going to say the buttons weren't >>> reading for you correctly, because that is often the case with Firefox. >>> Flash reads >>> better with Internet Explorer. If you're getting a message that >>> Flash is >>> disabled, it suggests that there is a security flaw in Flash and >>> Firefox >>> is blocking >>> access to it until Adobe releases a patched version of Flash. If it's >>> crashing, that's a beast of another color. >>> >>> >>> Brad >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> On 9/20/2015 8:58 PM, douglas richard dexheimer via Jfw wrote: >>>> did anyone get this yet? I've gotten no response so far. >>>> >>>> Douglas Richard Dexheimer >>>> Chief of Braille Productions >>>> Born-Again Productions >>>> The Friedman Place, Apt.308 >>>> 5527 N. Maplewood Ave. >>>> Chicago, IL 60625 >>>> cell phone 913-244-0612 >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> On 9/15/2015 3:22 PM, douglas richard dexheimer wrote: >>>>> using firefox 40.0.3; what is the latest version that supports >>>>> afp? on >>>>> some websites that use flash content (youtube, spotify, live365, >>>>> video >>>>> streaming sites with embedded objects or players, etc.) I get a popup >>>>> saying the adobe flash plug-in has crashed. the same site may or may >>>>> not work on other browsers such as IE, chrome or webbIE. uninstalling >>>>> and reinstalling afp didn't improve things. thanks for your >>>>> feedback. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Jfw mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Brad Martin >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> My Facebook page where I post online shopping coupons and deals: >>> facebook.com/ucoupons <http://www.facebook.com/ucoupons> >>> My SmarterBucks signup link <http://bit.ly/1w5FCPu> >> > _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
