oh don't get me wrong there are points to using such a plugin i just never found the need for it. Timothy Your Friend in the music industry http://www.timothyclarkmusic.tumblr.com
On Sep 17, 2012, at 2:47 AM, Esther wrote: > Hi Chris, Timothy, Steve, Teresa, and Others, > > Steve is correct that there are reasons for wanting to block flash -- > if only because you want to control how your resources are used, and > that your memory is not taken up playing flash-based advertisements > when you load web pages. In other instances, when video content is > available both as flash and HTML5, blocking flash and forcing the > loading of HTML5 versions can give you accessible player controls. > This was the way we used to get sound samples to play on the > Audible.com before they transitioned to HTML5. The original idea > behind the click-to-flash plug-in was that it simply blocked the > automatic loading of flash content and gave you control of what was > loaded. (Teresa explained some of this in her post). There was a > later click-to Safari extension that expanded the functionality, and > then there was further development of the click-to plug-in. You > probably only want to load one of these. So the answer is that this > should give you improved accessibility (access to player controls in > some situations where you wouldn't otherwise have this), and also more > control over your Safari resources use, as well as preventing unwanted > flash loading. > > The current information for both the ClickToPlugin and the > ClickToFlash Safari extensions may be found here: > http://hoyois.github.com/safariextensions/clicktoplugin/ > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Sep 16, 7:32 pm, Steve Holmes <steve.holme...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I could imagine many reasons to block flash from pages. Just like java and >> javascript. These things execute code from other people's websites on your >> computer. I would only want to allow such scripting engines to run code >> from known and trusted websites. There is a Firefox plug-in called noscript >> that allows you to allow javascript to run from only those sites you permit. >> Things are much more secure that way. I believe most of the computer >> hackery of late comes from mal where using the java runtime on your computer >> and also flash. Look at how many security updates had to be made to flash >> over the years. Frankly, between the security holes and accessibility >> problems with flash, that parasite should be removed from all our computers! >> They already gave up on mobile devices so let's get it out of our computers >> too; I'm all for that. >> >> On Sep 16, 2012, at 5:57 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland >> <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> Same here. I have to agree with Tommothy, but then, that's me. >> >>> Chris. >> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Timothy Clark Music >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 12:08 PM >>> Subject: Re: using click to flash >> >>> i just never had luck with it. >>> it seams kind of pointless for me at least. >>> i never got the point why you would want to block flash. >>> Timothy >>> Your Friend in the music industry >>> http://www.timothyclarkmusic.tumblr.com >> >>> On Sep 16, 2012, at 11:46 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: >> >>>> Hi, Chris, >> >>>> It's very configurable. You can set it to allow flash on a page or domain. >>>> Also, flash can be resource-hungry, so there are times you may not want it >>>> to run. >> >>>> HtH, >>>> Teresa >> >>>> On Sep 16, 2012, at 5:59 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland >>>> <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>>> Yeah... I dono... I... hmm... I suppose this could be cool, but >>>>> honestly, why would you want something that blocks you from certain >>>>> content? That seems a bit narling. What if you do want to access flash >>>>> content that you know will be accessible, yet, the thing blocks it. >>>>> Then, you're screwed, I'd presume? >> >>>>> Chris. >> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Teresa Cochran" >>>>> <vegaspipistre...@gmail.com> >>>>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>>>> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 4:59 AM >>>>> Subject: Re: using click to flash >> >>>>> Hi Chris, >> >>>>> Click-toFlash will block most flash content except the players it >>>>> recognizes. If it doesn't support content, a placeholder will appear with >>>>> the word "flash". You can do a Vo-mouse-click, shift-VO-space on it, or >>>>> you can press control-command-w to allow the content. The extension has a >>>>> lot of preferences, which you can access from the Safari extensions area >>>>> of Safari preferences, or by pressing option-comma from any webpage. >> >>>>> There are a lot of players that are supported. You can use BBC, Youtube, >>>>> Audible, and many others. With the supported players, a group of items >>>>> called "video element controller" will appear. These buttons are >>>>> accessible. This extension is especially useful on blogs with embedded >>>>> players. >> >>>>> I'd suggest updating to Click-to-plugin, as it supports more players than >>>>> click-to-flash. >> >>>>> HtH, >>>>> Teresa >> >>>>> On Sep 15, 2012, at 9:28 PM, Chris Bruinenberg <cbrui...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> How do i use click to flash? >>>>>> I just have installed it. >>>>>> Thanks. and sorry for the silly question. >> >>>>>> Sent from my Macbook Pro. >>>>>> Chris Bruinenberg >>>>>> cbrui...@gmail.com >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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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