Ah Ricardo: You're my hero today!!! This stuff is still completely beyond me. Does this mean we can now access flash content that previously we couldn't?
Thanks. Carolyn On Dec 28, 2010, at 11:01 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi Carolyn, > > You need to download the click to flash extension for your web browser. You > can get it here > https://extensions.apple.com/ > > Once on the page, open the iTem chooser and type in flash. Then go the the > click to flash heading. Then a little below that is the download link. Once > that is done, open safari or webkit and go to preferences. Then select > extensions from the toolbar. Now make sure extensions are enabled. There > will also be a list containing the extensions you have installed. Click to > flash should be in here. VO right arrow from the list and interact with the > extension info group. In here you will find the setting of the extension you > selected from the previous list. Make sure click to flash is on. > > hth > > Ricardo Walker > rwalker...@gmail.com > Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 > Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 > > > > On Dec 28, 2010, at 12:45 PM, Carolyn Haas wrote: > >> Hi Ray and list: >> I must confess, I was afraid to dabble in the anything to do with flash, so >> ignored that thread. Is it actually an update to safari, or another program >> I need to go find? TIA for filling me in. >> Carolyn H >> On Dec 28, 2010, at 4:38 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: >> >>> Thanks Justin, >>> >>> Looks like we've got ourselves a very excellent confirmation here. This >>> will especially be useful to newbe users of Macs; because, now, they won't >>> need to struggle as we did to find the mouse method for playing audible >>> samples. That click to flash extension sure looks to me like it's more >>> than proving its worth. just one small detail. I'd recommend setting it >>> to buffer but not play automatically. Otherwise, every single sample on >>> any audible page will start playing at the same time. >>> >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! >>> >>> Now A Very Proud and very happy Mac user!!! >>> >>> Skype Name: >>> barefootedray >>> >>> On Dec 28, 2010, at 4:35 AM, Justin Ekis wrote: >>> >>>> Hi ray, >>>> >>>> I can confirm that I see this new behavior using click to flash, and that >>>> temporarily disabling the extension brings things back to the way they >>>> used to be. >>>> >>>> Either a recent click to flash update has added support for converting >>>> audible samples to html 5 elements, or the folks at audible have switched >>>> to using a different flash player that the extension already knows how to >>>> convert. Either way, this is excellent news. Thanks for the tip. >>>> >>>> On Dec 28, 2010, at 1:28 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: >>>> >>>> Just now, when I went to Audible.com I experienced something that never >>>> before happened. >>>> >>>> I opened the page, and, suddenly, all the samples on the page started to >>>> play at the same time. When they all finally stopped, I took a look at >>>> the page and noticed numorous audio element control tool bars all over the >>>> page. I mean they were all over the place. These audio element control >>>> tool bars are doubtless familiar to you if you've pressed VO+space on an >>>> mp3 file from say >>>> >>>> www.blindcooltech.com >>>> >>>> to play the file right off the servers. anyhow, I decided to take a >>>> closer look, so, I searched for a title I knew was there; I mean on the >>>> site. When I found the book I was looking for, I nnavigated to it and, >>>> guess what, next to the word "sample", there was an audio element control >>>> tool bar. At this point, I would have to conclude that the people at >>>> audible have heard us and made some major change to their page so that we >>>> no longer need to use the mouse method to play samples. As a qualifier, I >>>> must hasten to add that I have the anti flash extension, (I forgot the >>>> proper name of it for the moment), and, when I looked at the settings I >>>> had made for it, I found that it was set to buffer and start playing the >>>> video content automatically. With this in mind, I have two questions. >>>> >>>> 1. For those of you who also have this flash extension, have y'all >>>> noticed this difference in audible.com? >>>> >>>> 2. Now, for those of you without the extension, are you still needing to >>>> play samples using the mouse method? >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! >>>> >>>> Now A Very Proud and very happy Mac user!!! >>>> >>>> Skype Name: >>>> barefootedray >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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