Hi Yuma, I posted details on using ClickToFlash to the list in my posted suggestions to Eleni on ways to sort her MacBook problems:
http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg15306.html To briefly summarize, the instructions on how to use this plug-in are given on the download page. If you are on a page with flash content, there will be a ClickToFlash submenu under the Safari menu on the menu bar. To add your current web page to the white list, press Option- Click (e.g. hold down the option key and click your trackpad or mouse) while you are on that web page. This shortcut is described in the Settings submenu under the ClickToFlash submenu. Note that you will only see this ClickToFlash menu listed under the Safari menu if you are on a web page that has flash content. For example, I went to YouTube, issued an Option-Click, and flash content loaded at the same time that "www.youtube.com" was added to the Whitelisted Sites table under "ClickToFlash Settings". Henceforth a visit to YouTube will automatically permit flash content loading and display. You can also manually add URLs to the white list. Navigate (VO-Right arrow) past the "Whitelisted Sites" table to the "+" button and press it (VO- Space), then VO-left arrow back to the table, interact (VO-Shift-Down Arrow), navigate to the first blank line and double click (with VO- Shift-Space by holding down Control-Option-Shift and tapping the spacebar twice). Then type in the URL of the page you want to add. The need to double-click before entering a new site in the table is slightly odd, but I've seen similar behavior in other applications. To disable ClickToFlash, uncheck the checkbox for "Enable ClickToFlash" and to uninstall the plug-in press the "Uninstall ClickToFlash" button. These items can be found under Safari > ClickToFlash > Settings (provided you are on a web page with flash content). You'll have to quit and relaunch Safari if you unistall the plug-in to have the new settings take effect. To enable flash content on your current web page without adding it to the white list press Command-Control-F. This shortcut is also listed in the ClickToFlash menu along with other options. Like Anne, I have not been having the Safari busy messages on my MacBook which is the 2008 model (plastic case, not unibody). I did initially have sluggish behavior when first upgrading to Safari 4 (some months ago), but I sorted this by trashing my old (Safari 3) preferences file. I also may periodically clear my cache files and more frequently remove preview images of web sites that now get stored for Safari by checking these items under "Reset Safari" under the Safari menu. ClickToFlash reduces the load on cache usage and memory by not automatically loading flash content (which could be animated advertising that constantly update). Here is a link to a TidBITS article describing the way this plug-in works: <http://db.tidbits.com/article/10303> ("ClickToFlash Spiffs the Safari Experience" by Matt Neuburg, 28 May 2009) I've extracted a few bits from the article: <begin quote> Note that ClickToFlash doesn't just suppress the drawing(rendering) of Flash content; it suppresses its loading altogether. That's why pages are rendered faster: there is actually less material to download from the Internet. The really elegant thing about ClickToFlash is that it doesn't block Flash indiscriminately or permanently. <snip> It turns out that a lot of stuff out there, even static content that appears to be just a drawing, is actually Flash. And all that Flash content has been causing my Web browsing to sag rather drastically. But not any more! My browser is now lean and mean, thanks to ClickToFlash. <end quote> Now supports OS X 10.4 (Tiger) as well as Leopard and Snow Leopard. Download app from: http://rentzsch.github.com/clicktoflash/ HTH Cheers, Esther Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > Hi list, > > Since i installed click2flash, my web experience is a bit smoother, > but i can't run videos on youtube, and some other sites using flash > media players. > > I can't find the preferences for click2flash to make exceptions on > the loading and stuff. Does anyone know where they reside in my > system? > > Thanks > > Yuma > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
