OK, thanks for the explanation Ronni. Yes, I do use Flash-block with Firefox (along with Adblock Plus and DoNotTrackMe amongst others) - helps a lot with sites like the SMH and other fairfax media sites.
Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [email protected] on 29/10/14 22:05, Ronda Brown at [email protected] wrote: > Hi Neil, > Comments in situ > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 29 Oct 2014, at 7:55 pm, Neil Houghton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Re: Can You Tube be viewed without Adobe Hi Ronni, >> >> >> I do have the Adobe Flash plug-in and have no problem viewing YouTube but I >> do get annoyed at the constant stream of updates required so I¹m interested >> as to whether it is the only way to view YouTube. > > Disable Adobe Flash / Use a Flash Block Plugin > Many sites use Flash for video and games, so instead of uninstalling Flash > completely use a Flash block plugin for your web browser. This causes all > Flash to be disabled by default until you click to allow individual plugins > and instances of the Flash plugin to run, preventing unauthorized Flash from > running in a web browser completely. > > These plugins are free and available for every major browser: > ClickToFlash for Safari > <http://hoyois.github.com/safariextensions/clicktoplugin/> > FlashBlock for Chrome > <https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gofhjkjmkpinhpoiabjplobcaignabnl> > FlashBlock for Firefox > <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flashblock/> >> >> So I¹m a bit confused where on the one hand you say: >>> You should not require Adobe plug-in to view a YouTube video. >>> I don't have Adobe plug-in installed and I can view the Glen Campbell video >>> perfectly. > I thought Michael was referring to the AdobePDFViewer.plugin >> >> But then you say: >>> You require Adobe Flash plug-in to view YouTube videos. > Adobe Flash plugin is Flash Player.plugin >> >> >> So how are you watching YouTube without the Adobe plug-in? >> >> >> Cheers >> >> >> >> Neil
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