Firefox blocks Flash, and Facebook calls for its death

CNN.com ^ | 7/14/15 | CNN Money

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Adobe Flash, the much-loathed, bug-plagued relic of a browser plugin, just got a big nail driven into its coffin.

Mozilla blocked Flash by default in its Firefox browser late Monday night, a day after Facebook's (FB, Tech30) security chief called for Adobe to kill Flash once and for all.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Every website I visited today, except Free Republic, produced an Adobe pop up asking if I wanted to install Adobe Flash. My work computer. It already has AF, as does the laptop I'm posting from now. Thankfully, I'm not being nagged to death on this machine.

Anybody else experiencing this?

I'm ready to call IT support in the morning to get this over with.

[Abigail Adams]

I just went to Adobe’s web site and updated my Flash version. Haven’t seen the annoying Firefox messages anymore.

[nascarnation]

I’ve had flash turned “off” for quite some time.
Very few sites really need it.
Youtube is one, unfortunately.

[Patriot Babe]

Same here

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Oh, sorry, running IE on both home and work computers.

[ecomcon]

Fake Adobe update will encrypt your data files. Hostage for ransom.

[martin_fierro]

CNN: Late to the party, as usual.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Actually, it appears to be the real deal.

[ClearCase_guy]

Firefox kerfuffle followed by Facebook Fatwa on Flash.

[apoliticalone]

“I’ve had flash turned “off” for quite some time.
Very few sites really need it.
Youtube is one, unfortunately.”

I’ve had Adobe Flash shut off by Fire Fox for several weeks. now. It says it is a security threat. What Firefox plug-in/add on do you use for viewing Youtube?

[Royal Wulff]

You can configure YouTube to only use Flash as a last resort

Flash is dead, and YouTube dealt the killing blow http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/30/flash-youtube-nostalgia

[rockrr]

Check out this link. The html5 switch isn’t a permanent change - you can revert if needed. I’ve been using it for a bout a week now with fewer flash crashes (there are some you-toob videos that still use flash).

http://www.wondershare.com/convert-video-audio/youtube-without-flash.html

[lysie]

later

[mass55th]

I use Safari and Firefox. Yesterday when I attempted to play the Daily Jigsaw on Shockwave, Flash was blocked, but it gave me the option to unblock it, so I did.

From time to time I'll get pop-up windows telling me to install Flash when I visit a site, but close them out. Even when I get a notice that there's a new update to it, I close them out, then go to my Apple System Preferences, and click on Flash from there. I can check to see if any updates are available, and do them from there.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I experienced it, but I don't believe the file it wanted to install was official, so I didn't download it.

Be very careful about updating it.

[nascarnation]

I just turn on flash with YT, and off elsewhere.

I’m sure there are more sophisticated ways to do it.

[Rome2000]

Waiting for an expert to weigh in.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

I sprained my right index finger on the NO button today.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

I know there is a community of techies here, I just don’t remember who to ping.

[Vermont Lt]

My Firefox has been locking up for the past two weeks. I have to keep my activity monitor up (Apple OS X) in order to crash flash and get things moving.