Blocking Flash
Hi All, With all the well-deserved Flash-bagging going around I thought it poignant to mention a great little plugin for Safari called Click2Flash. http://rentzsch.github.com/clicktoflash/ Essentially, it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. From a purely subjective point of view, web browsing is significantly faster on flash-ad heavy sites. It just feels smoother. It's also quite an eye-opened to see how much Flash content is actually embedded into sites these days. Try it out. - Matt Healey -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Blocking Flash
Wow. Thanks for this Matt. Indeed there is a great amount of flash advertising. This link is very useful. Ruben Hi All, With all the well-deserved Flash-bagging going around I thought it poignant to mention a great little plugin for Safari called Click2Flash. http://rentzsch.github.com/clicktoflash/ Essentially, it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. From a purely subjective point of view, web browsing is significantly faster on flash-ad heavy sites. It just feels smoother. It's also quite an eye-opened to see how much Flash content is actually embedded into sites these days. Try it out. - Matt Healey -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Blocking Flash
I agree with Matt. I have been using Clicktoflash for a long while now and it works great. But it does not stop all image based advertising because a lot of advertisers now place their advertisements within the web page and don't use Flash. I don't know how this is done. I bet there is an army of geeks working on how to defeat Clicktoflash on behalf of the advertising industry or even within Adobe. But for now +1 for Clicktoflash. I think there is at least one other similar app. On 24/02/2010, at 3:36 AM, Dark1 wrote: Wow. Thanks for this Matt. Indeed there is a great amount of flash advertising. This link is very useful. Ruben Hi All, With all the well-deserved Flash-bagging going around I thought it poignant to mention a great little plugin for Safari called Click2Flash. http://rentzsch.github.com/clicktoflash/ Essentially, it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. From a purely subjective point of view, web browsing is significantly faster on flash-ad heavy sites. It just feels smoother. It's also quite an eye-opened to see how much Flash content is actually embedded into sites these days. Try it out. - Matt Healey . Peter Sealy Thurgoona AUSTRALIA If you Google the word 'google' you will break the internet. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Blocking Flash
Agreed Matt, I use the flashblock plugin for Firefox. It does the same type of thing https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433 Regards, Eugene -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au inline: (null) 4.tiff On 24/02/2010, at 12:07 AM, Matthew Healey wrote: Hi All, With all the well-deserved Flash-bagging going around I thought it poignant to mention a great little plugin for Safari called Click2Flash. http://rentzsch.github.com/clicktoflash/ Essentially, it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. From a purely subjective point of view, web browsing is significantly faster on flash-ad heavy sites. It just feels smoother. It's also quite an eye-opened to see how much Flash content is actually embedded into sites these days. Try it out. - Matt Healey -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Blocking Flash
Agreed Matt, I use the flashblock plugin for Firefox. It does the same type of thing https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433 Regards, Eugene -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au inline: (null) 4.tiff On 24/02/2010, at 12:07 AM, Matthew Healey wrote: Hi All, With all the well-deserved Flash-bagging going around I thought it poignant to mention a great little plugin for Safari called Click2Flash. http://rentzsch.github.com/clicktoflash/ Essentially, it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. From a purely subjective point of view, web browsing is significantly faster on flash-ad heavy sites. It just feels smoother. It's also quite an eye-opened to see how much Flash content is actually embedded into sites these days. Try it out. - Matt Healey -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Blocking Flash
I love CTF, Can actually read sites without the fans starting up on my Macbook and the CPU meter going off the scale :) On 24/02/2010, at 12:07 AM, Matthew Healey wrote: Hi All, With all the well-deserved Flash-bagging going around I thought it poignant to mention a great little plugin for Safari called Click2Flash. http://rentzsch.github.com/clicktoflash/ Essentially, it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. From a purely subjective point of view, web browsing is significantly faster on flash-ad heavy sites. It just feels smoother. It's also quite an eye-opened to see how much Flash content is actually embedded into sites these days. Try it out. - Matt Healey -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Blocking Flash
Yes, I use Firefox but agree that these plug-ins are great for removing unwanted ads and flash - speeding up browsing significantly. There are several plug-ins for Firefox, but the relevant ones which I am currently running are: - Flashblock - as for clicktoflash on Safari it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. - Adblock Plus - this strips out all the other (non-flash) ads based on whatever filter set you add (I use Rick752's EasyList - which seems to work well for me) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 24/2/10 5:26 AM, Peter Sealy at carp...@internode.on.net wrote: I agree with Matt. I have been using Clicktoflash for a long while now and it works great. But it does not stop all image based advertising because a lot of advertisers now place their advertisements within the web page and don't use Flash. I don't know how this is done. I bet there is an army of geeks working on how to defeat Clicktoflash on behalf of the advertising industry or even within Adobe. But for now +1 for Clicktoflash. I think there is at least one other similar app. On 24/02/2010, at 3:36 AM, Dark1 wrote: Wow. Thanks for this Matt. Indeed there is a great amount of flash advertising. This link is very useful. Ruben Hi All, With all the well-deserved Flash-bagging going around I thought it poignant to mention a great little plugin for Safari called Click2Flash. http://rentzsch.github.com/clicktoflash/ Essentially, it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. From a purely subjective point of view, web browsing is significantly faster on flash-ad heavy sites. It just feels smoother. It's also quite an eye-opened to see how much Flash content is actually embedded into sites these days. Try it out. - Matt Healey -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Blocking Flash
Just a general question re Firefox for Macs. I am a newcomer to the world of Apple and currently use Safari as the default web browser. I am familiar with Firefox having used it on my Windows machine for some time. Are there any benefits in using Firefox or does this expose protection weakness? Generally Safari does everything I need of it but always on the look out for better ways of doing things. Thanks Peter... Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, Associate, BE Mech HATCH (Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 2Fax + 61 8 9428 ÈMob 0402 001 019 ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au Website http://www.hatch.com.au/ -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Neil Houghton Sent: Wednesday, 24 February 2010 10:49 AM To: WAMUG Subject: Re: Blocking Flash Yes, I use Firefox but agree that these plug-ins are great for removing unwanted ads and flash - speeding up browsing significantly. There are several plug-ins for Firefox, but the relevant ones which I am currently running are: - Flashblock - as for clicktoflash on Safari it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. - Adblock Plus - this strips out all the other (non-flash) ads based on whatever filter set you add (I use Rick752's EasyList - which seems to work well for me) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 24/2/10 5:26 AM, Peter Sealy at carp...@internode.on.net wrote: I agree with Matt. I have been using Clicktoflash for a long while now and it works great. But it does not stop all image based advertising because a lot of advertisers now place their advertisements within the web page and don't use Flash. I don't know how this is done. I bet there is an army of geeks working on how to defeat Clicktoflash on behalf of the advertising industry or even within Adobe. But for now +1 for Clicktoflash. I think there is at least one other similar app. On 24/02/2010, at 3:36 AM, Dark1 wrote: Wow. Thanks for this Matt. Indeed there is a great amount of flash advertising. This link is very useful. Ruben Hi All, With all the well-deserved Flash-bagging going around I thought it poignant to mention a great little plugin for Safari called Click2Flash. http://rentzsch.github.com/clicktoflash/ Essentially, it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. From a purely subjective point of view, web browsing is significantly faster on flash-ad heavy sites. It just feels smoother. It's also quite an eye-opened to see how much Flash content is actually embedded into sites these days. Try it out. - Matt Healey -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Blocking Flash
Peter, I find Firefox slightly more useful that Safari for my own particular purposes, but I know many others who have a reverse preference. In my 25 years of Mac use I have never installed anything specific to protect myself from nasties, and never had problems with nasties. Most nasties are Microsoft nasties, not Computer nasties as the media portray them, so I try to use as few Microsoft products as possible. The only annoyances I have is from spam email. Causes include having my address on my website, loading images in spurious emails, and once replying to a spurious email (biggest mistake). Had a neighbour's Windows PC, riddled with Microsoft viruses etc to fix last weekend. After 4 hours decided that the only solution was to re-install Widows. At that point we wished that Microsoft would steal another Mac feature; the need to NOT reinstall all the applications after a system re-install. May the Mac stay free from true computer nasties as long as possible. On 24/02/2010, at 11:10 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Just a general question re Firefox for Macs. I am a newcomer to the world of Apple and currently use Safari as the default web browser. I am familiar with Firefox having used it on my Windows machine for some time. Are there any benefits in using Firefox or does this expose protection weakness? Generally Safari does everything I need of it but always on the look out for better ways of doing things. Thanks Peter... Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, Associate, BE Mech HATCH (Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 2Fax + 61 8 9428 ÈMob 0402 001 019 ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au Website http://www.hatch.com.au/ Regards, Ray Forma 50 Harvest Road, North Fremantle WA 6159, Australia Tel Fax +61 (0)8 9335 6568 Mob +61 (0) 428 596938 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Blocking Flash
Each to his own. Safari is quicker in the current form. I switched to Firefox when it was quicker and have a few favourite plugins that weren't available in Safari at the time and have stuck with it. Regards, Eugene -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au inline: (null) 4.tiff On 24/02/2010, at 11:10 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Just a general question re Firefox for Macs. I am a newcomer to the world of Apple and currently use Safari as the default web browser. I am familiar with Firefox having used it on my Windows machine for some time. Are there any benefits in using Firefox or does this expose protection weakness? Generally Safari does everything I need of it but always on the look out for better ways of doing things. Thanks Peter... Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, Associate, BE Mech HATCH (Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 2Fax + 61 8 9428 ÈMob 0402 001 019 ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au Website http://www.hatch.com.au/ -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Neil Houghton Sent: Wednesday, 24 February 2010 10:49 AM To: WAMUG Subject: Re: Blocking Flash Yes, I use Firefox but agree that these plug-ins are great for removing unwanted ads and flash - speeding up browsing significantly. There are several plug-ins for Firefox, but the relevant ones which I am currently running are: - Flashblock - as for clicktoflash on Safari it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. - Adblock Plus - this strips out all the other (non-flash) ads based on whatever filter set you add (I use Rick752's EasyList - which seems to work well for me) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 24/2/10 5:26 AM, Peter Sealy at carp...@internode.on.net wrote: I agree with Matt. I have been using Clicktoflash for a long while now and it works great. But it does not stop all image based advertising because a lot of advertisers now place their advertisements within the web page and don't use Flash. I don't know how this is done. I bet there is an army of geeks working on how to defeat Clicktoflash on behalf of the advertising industry or even within Adobe. But for now +1 for Clicktoflash. I think there is at least one other similar app. On 24/02/2010, at 3:36 AM, Dark1 wrote: Wow. Thanks for this Matt. Indeed there is a great amount of flash advertising. This link is very useful. Ruben Hi All, With all the well-deserved Flash-bagging going around I thought it poignant to mention a great little plugin for Safari called Click2Flash. http://rentzsch.github.com/clicktoflash/ Essentially, it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. From a purely subjective point of view, web browsing is significantly faster on flash-ad heavy sites. It just feels smoother. It's also quite an eye-opened to see how much Flash content is actually embedded into sites these days. Try it out. - Matt Healey -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Blocking Flash
Greetings! Using Firefox and Gmail. I feel secure in the fact that I will not have any problems with the Nasties. I to do not use virus software. Gmail and Firefox take care of that for me. Cheers. Joe On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Eugene edeg...@helena.wa.edu.au wrote: Each to his own. Safari is quicker in the current form. I switched to Firefox when it was quicker and have a few favourite plugins that weren't available in Safari at the time and have stuck with it. Regards, Eugene -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au On 24/02/2010, at 11:10 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Just a general question re Firefox for Macs. I am a newcomer to the world of Apple and currently use Safari as the default web browser. I am familiar with Firefox having used it on my Windows machine for some time. Are there any benefits in using Firefox or does this expose protection weakness? Generally Safari does everything I need of it but always on the look out for better ways of doing things. Thanks Peter... Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, Associate, BE Mech HATCH (Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 2Fax + 61 8 9428 ÈMob 0402 001 019 ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au Website http://www.hatch.com.au/ -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Neil Houghton Sent: Wednesday, 24 February 2010 10:49 AM To: WAMUG Subject: Re: Blocking Flash Yes, I use Firefox but agree that these plug-ins are great for removing unwanted ads and flash - speeding up browsing significantly. There are several plug-ins for Firefox, but the relevant ones which I am currently running are: - Flashblock - as for clicktoflash on Safari it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. - Adblock Plus - this strips out all the other (non-flash) ads based on whatever filter set you add (I use Rick752's EasyList - which seems to work well for me) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 24/2/10 5:26 AM, Peter Sealy at carp...@internode.on.net wrote: I agree with Matt. I have been using Clicktoflash for a long while now and it works great. But it does not stop all image based advertising because a lot of advertisers now place their advertisements within the web page and don't use Flash. I don't know how this is done. I bet there is an army of geeks working on how to defeat Clicktoflash on behalf of the advertising industry or even within Adobe. But for now +1 for Clicktoflash. I think there is at least one other similar app. On 24/02/2010, at 3:36 AM, Dark1 wrote: Wow. Thanks for this Matt. Indeed there is a great amount of flash advertising. This link is very useful. Ruben Hi All, With all the well-deserved Flash-bagging going around I thought it poignant to mention a great little plugin for Safari called Click2Flash. http://rentzsch.github.com/clicktoflash/ Essentially, it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. From a purely subjective point of view, web browsing is significantly faster on flash-ad heavy sites. It just feels smoother. It's also quite an eye-opened to see how much Flash content is actually embedded into sites these days. Try it out. - Matt Healey -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e
Re: Blocking Flash
Hi Peter, It tends to be a personal preference sort of thing. I got into using Firefox several years ago because, in those days, several of the websites I used didn't work well with Safari - however most of those problems have been fixed long ago. Also Firefox offered tabbed browsing whilst at that time Safari didn't (but of course it does now). One of the things I do like about Firefox is the choice of add-ons/plug-ins - I don't use a lot of these - but the one I do use I really appreciate - besides the two I listed previously, others I like are: Multiple Tab Handler - Lets me select multiple tabs and perform actions on them (reload then all for example) - I find I use this all the time when I have a bunch of tabs open showing financial data - I can just update them all at once instead of having to cycle through the tabs, reloading as I go. DownloadHelper - Watching some video on a webpage and want to just download it - this add-on provides contextual menus that let you do just that. Firefox PDF Plugin for Mac OSX - of course you can view pdfs in Safari - but I prefer the experience in Firefox with this plug-in - Example you click on a pdf link but your browser window is too small for optimum viewing - so you click the green + button - in Firefox that zooms the browser window to maximum size and away you go - but click the green button in Safari and (for me) the window shrinks to some arbitrary size! To see what I mean, try something like: http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20100215/pdf/31nph2f647ypdy.pdf (or any other online pdf) Having said that, I still fire up Safari from time to time - generally if I find a website that doesn't work well with Firefox, then often Safari will open it OK. For yourself, if Safari does all you want then it does offer the more seamless Apple experience - on the other hand, as an ex-Firefox user, if you find yourself missing any of those add-ons/plug-ins -give Firefox a try. I believe it is always worth having at least two browsers installed so that if you find a web-page that your default browser has problems with you can always try it in a different browser. As a further aside - I was recently amazed to have Opera fire up on my Mac - amazed because I have never installed Opera!! I used Spotlight to search for the Opera application - but it came up empty - even more confusing. Since Opera was still running, its icon was showing in the dock - so I used the Show in Finder option from the dock icon to find that the Opera application is bundled INSIDE the Adobe Bridge CS4 application which itself is installed as part of Photoshop Elements 8 installation! Interestingly, I wasn't even using an Adobe application at the time - I hit the wrong download link on a webpage and selected the BitTorrent feed rather than the direct download - and that link seemed to automatically invoke Opera (even though I didn't even KNOW I had Opera hidden away inside another application! I haven't had time to play with Opera yet but, since it is there, I may have a play one of these days! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com PS If anyone has Photoshop Elements 8 (or any other installation which includes Adobe Bridge CS4) and wants to see where Opera lives: In Finder, right-click the Adobe Bridge CS4 application and select show package contents Opera can be found in the Contents/MacOS folder. on 24/2/10 11:10 AM, Crisp, Peter at pcr...@hatch.com.au wrote: Just a general question re Firefox for Macs. I am a newcomer to the world of Apple and currently use Safari as the default web browser. I am familiar with Firefox having used it on my Windows machine for some time. Are there any benefits in using Firefox or does this expose protection weakness? Generally Safari does everything I need of it but always on the look out for better ways of doing things. Thanks Peter... Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, Associate, BE Mech HATCH (Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 2Fax + 61 8 9428 ÈMob 0402 001 019 ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au Website http://www.hatch.com.au/ -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Neil Houghton Sent: Wednesday, 24 February 2010 10:49 AM To: WAMUG Subject: Re: Blocking Flash Yes, I use Firefox but agree that these plug-ins are great for removing unwanted ads and flash - speeding up browsing significantly. There are several plug-ins for Firefox, but the relevant ones which I am currently running are: - Flashblock - as for clicktoflash on Safari it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. - Adblock Plus - this strips out all the other (non-flash) ads based on whatever filter set you add (I use Rick752's EasyList - which seems to work well for me) Cheers Neil -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http
