Useful tip , thanks - I’ll see about a shortcut though I think the only page I ever visit these days that requires Flash is the BBC iPlayer, which given it’s Flash-free on iOS is strange… I’m sure they’re on the case.
The demise of Flash is long overdue, as SJ said perfectly all those years back: https://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/ Stephen > On 20 Oct 2015, at 08:23, mac98aop <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yup, and you can setup Safari to open any flash requiring page, in Chrome > directly.... > > Develop > Open Page With.... (I think you can also assign a keyboard combo > from System Preferences) > > (I do the above but with a simple key command directly in to Alfred App). > > It means you can be completely flash free, and use Safari, with Chrome for > the odd time you need flash (which after the last vulnerability where Adobe > themselves advise uninstalling flash, I think its days are numbered)! > > AP > > > > On Monday, October 19, 2015 at 9:49:20 AM UTC+1, Stephen McW wrote: > Morning all, > > If you dislike Flash as much as I do and are sick to the back teeth of it > asking you to update it, again and again, then here are some handy tips: > > http://www.macworld.com/article/2993361/security/how-to-uninstall-flash-player-from-your-mac.html > > <http://www.macworld.com/article/2993361/security/how-to-uninstall-flash-player-from-your-mac.html> > > > Also, something I didn’t know courtesy of John Gruber, is that Google Chrome > has Flash built in so you can remove Flash from the computer wilds and keep > it contained inside Flash. The only reason I kept Flash was for BBC iPlayer > which, despite not using Flash on iOS, continues to use it on the desktop! > > Launching the iPlayer in Chrome works fine, even now that Flash has gone from > my Mac. :-) > > Ahhhh. > > Stephen > > > > "If we're okay with Saudi Arabia's record of beheading, stoning, flogging and > crucifixion, what EXACTLY is it that we don't like about ISIS?” - Joanne > Harris, Author -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
