any advice on how to uninstall shockwave and substitute a better plugin would be helpful. More broadly, when would one use Flash?
-----Original Message----- From: Carol and Roger [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, September 23, 2016 9:54 PM To: JOHN RIEHL; Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: Re: Problem with shockwave (adobe) plug-in I would uninstall mine, but I can't figure out how to do it. Firefox indicates the plugin is old and vulnerable and has disabled it on my machine. There are supposed to be some other plugins that will play Flash, but I use Internet Explorer to do that for now. On 9/23/2016 9:35 PM, JOHN RIEHL via Talk wrote: > Do others on this list agree that this is a reasonable thing to do? > > Thanks. > > > > > > From: Kevin Barry [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2016 9:22 PM > To: JOHN RIEHL; Window-Eyes Discussion List > Cc: Dave Bahr > Subject: Re: Problem with shockwave (adobe) plug-in > > > > Shockwaves extremely old and dangerous, uninstall it. > > On Saturday, September 24, 2016, JOHN RIEHL via Talk <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does not using Flash degrade Windoweyes performance? By the way, I've > noticed that even with Shockwave disabled, WE still locks up on ocdcasion. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Bahr [mailto:[email protected] <javascript:;> ] > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2016 8:26 PM > To: 'JOHN RIEHL'; 'Window-Eyes Discussion List' > Subject: RE: Problem with shockwave (adobe) plug-in > > Yep same issue here. Disabling the plugin doesn't let you run flash content > obviously. This is an issue that Firefox has had in various forms for years > now. The ideal solution would be for things to migrate from flash to html 5, > but that'll be awhile. I just have noticed window-eyes being pretty sluggish > in firefox as a result. There is always the option, too, of using an add-on > like noscript or flashgot to disable or enable it at ones choosing. > > Hth > > -----Original Message----- > From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+dcbahr1 <javascript:;> [email protected] <javascript:;> ] On > Behalf Of JOHN RIEHL via Talk > Sent: 09/23/2016 01:22 PM > To: 'Window-Eyes Discussion List' <[email protected] <javascript:;> > > Subject: Problem with shockwave (adobe) plug-in > > Hi. Whenever I go to a website in Firefox (and IE too), I get a message > saying that the Shockwave plugin is either busy or has stopped running. I > then get an option to either stop the plug-in or continue. Whichever I do, > Windoweyes crashes on that website and I have to go into Windows Task > manager to close out Firefox. > > And sometimes that doesn't even work. > > A friend disabled the shockwave plug-in; now when I go to websites I get a > message asking if I want to allow it. > > I have two questions: I understand that shockwave is the Adobe flash player. > By disabling it, am I impairing Windoweyes in some way? > > And, second, how do I fix this problem without having to disable a plug-in > that has worked fine until very recently? > > Thanks. John > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/dcbahr1%40gmai <http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/dcbahr1%40gma il.com> > l.com. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/krbarry%40gmai l.com. > For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > > _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
