On 8/22/10 2:42 PM, Paul wrote: > David E. Ross wrote: >> On 8/21/10 6:03 PM, Cruz, Jaime wrote: >>> How does one get the latest Flash Player for Seamonkey? They've changed >>> their *&#$ing site so that it wants to install an "Add On" to Seamonkey, >>> which won't install because it's not FireFox. >>> >>> I changed the setting to bypass Compatibility checking so it installs... >>> but it won't RUN because it says you're not running Firefox!! >>> >>> They USED to have a web link where you could get the Windows Installer >>> file directly, but that link has disappeared. How the *&^# are we >>> supposed to get the latest fixes if those JACKASSES take away the >>> SIMPLEST way of installing... you know... the way that actually WORKED??? >>> >> >> I'm seeing a great amoung of blather in this thread that is quite >> contrary to my experience. >> >> First of all, when I go to <http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/>, the >> installation file downloads to whatever folder I specify. It does not >> install until I execute that file. >> >> I actually did download Flash 10.1 (actually 10.1.82.76) from that URI >> using SeaMonkey 2.0.6 exactly a week ago. I then installed it for >> SeaMonkey without any problems. Finally, I archived the installation >> file, which I do for ALL software and updates that I download and install. >> >> Note that the installation itself does not involve SeaMonkey. It only >> involves executing the installation file. I generally terminate all >> other applications while installing new or updated software. I >> definitely would not use SeaMonkey's Add-ons Manager since Flash is not >> an add-on. >> >> Today, I again downloaded the installation file from the same URI. This >> time, I generated both MD5 and SHA1 comparisons between the newly >> downloaded file and last week's archived file. The two files are >> identical. This means you too should be able to download the file via >> SeaMonkey and install it. >> >> Yes, Flash MIGHT set its own cookies. However, you can go to >> <http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html> >> and set Flash not to set cookies. > > It won't download from Adobe to SM 1117. It does nothing. > I already have 10.1 that I got from another web source > so was just trying once more to see if things have changed. >
I'm not sure, but Flash 10.1 might not be compatible with SeaMonkey 1.1.17. Go to your SeaMonkey menu bar and select [Edit > Preferences > Browser > Downloads]. Please describe the settings for each checkbox and radio button. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> I filter and ignore all newsgroup messages posted through GoogleGroups via Google's G2/1.0 user agent because of the amount of spam from that source. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
