They should have a checkbox to turn it off, like with Java. It is important enough and troublesome enough to be mentioned by name and be able to be turned off without disabling all plugins.
Easiest way to completely disable Flash in Safari is just to go to the "Security" tab and uncheck "Enable plug-ins". But that'll disable all plug-ins. Alternately you could just uninstall Flash. Trash that sucker from /Library/Internet Plug-ins/. Of course... some evil web designers will invariably create navigation... or entire sites... that ONLY work with Flash. Nice job bobo. So with all that said... I have to say... I'm LOVING this Click To Flash plugin! Sweet solution to most Flash annoyance!
Graham Cluley is a British computer programmer and 'Senior Technology Consultant ' at Sophos. So some antivirus outfit is rendering their opinion on the matter. Time to tune out.
Hello . I went there and read the whole link .I still don't understand this whole flash hubbub ??
Isn't QT better ??
For what again? Quicktime is good for video, almost not any good for interactive anything, and Quicktime only has about half the user base too. I expect Flash to be gradually pushed out as HTML 5 gets accepted, but that's a long haul, and I doubt HTML 5 is a complete replacement.
I wonder why Snow Leopard downgrades the Flash player? What's the reason behind it? There actually could be no reason and it's just a mistake.
like many here I don't know what the whining is all about, 10.6 issomething that was frozen some time ago. Like all OSes it has a lot of outdated software. SO as a user you update what is important to you.
Otherwise I'm not sure what the big deal is, no body complains about the old version of Python for example. It's a non issue if you ask me, update and move on.
Outdated != insecure. Older versions of Python still receive updates for some time since not everyone wants or can update to the latest version.
From reading other forums it seems that this exploit has not affected anyone in the wild, and as a Mac user you are not at vulnerable unless you actively change flash to be the default pdf viewer instead of preview. Has anyone ever done that?
Any chance Adobe will "step back" and look hard at the Flash Player and rewrite it? It seems to me that now would be a great time to do it because things have reached a plateau.
OS X - 64-bit, Cocoa, OpenCL, Grand Central Dispatch
Windows 7 - 64-bit, Vista "fixed", IE less dominate and more standards compliant
Linux/BSD - Both are getting more love every day.
Smart Phones - These can browse the internet and play video
Netbooks - Basically a smart phone, but with the added ability to do computer work.
Multi-core processors - While the OS can deal with it as it is now, working with the OS would make things run smoother.
HTML5 - I do not expect the video tag to topple Flash, but it could creep up on Adobe like Firefox did to Microsoft.
Silverlight - Microsoft knows they can't control the web using IE, but they can make a plugin that works with the major browsers running on Windows and OS X. Microsoft is already requiring Silverlight for some videos on their website.
Silverlight should be Adobe's main concern because Microsoft has had some serious blows to their dominance in the last 5+ years and they have been backed into a corner, figuratively speaking, so they are fighting back. A quick list is
Search - Google took care of this a while back
Web Browser - Firefox disrupted Microsoft's plans of tying new versions of IE to new versions of Windows. Apple furthered this disruption with WebKit, and now we have more browsers than ever on Windows. OS X, Linux, and *BSD.
Music - iPod, iTunes, iTunes Store sidelined Microsoft's audio codec(s). The removal of DRM from music gave WMA another push
Video - QuickTime has always been a thorn in Microsoft's side, but the iTunes Store pushed MP4 even more. Let us not forget some movies come with a digital copy made specifically for the iPod.
Phone - The iPhone sucker punched Windows Mobile, the App Store is brilliant, and I believe Android is making headway.
Operating System - Vista was a major fumble while OS X improved and went Intel making it easy for people to install XP on a Mac so they could transition at their leisure.
Netbooks - This did a double whammy because Vista couldn't run on these, so no new Vista copy used, and Microsoft had to continue letting XP get sold at a major discount to stem Linux from dominating the netbooks, more XP copies that are being used.
I guess Apple was too busy with their own code to triple check for the last Flash update before going Gold Master. That's too bad. Maybe they should write a script in 10.6.1 that will always compare the installed Flash version with the current Flash version posted over at Adobe upon launching Safari so it will automatically go over to the Flash install page when they don't jive.
I guess Apple was too busy with their own code to triple check for the last Flash update before going Gold Master. That's too bad. Maybe they should write a script in 10.6.1 that will always compare the installed Flash version with the current Flash version posted over at Adobe upon launching Safari so it will automatically go over to the Flash install page when they don't jive.
You may think a month is a long time, but probably not for developing such a major project. The way I understand these big projects, they gradually reduce the circumstances that they allow software changes.
You may think a month is a long time, but probably not for developing such a major project. The way I understand these big projects, they gradually reduce the circumstances that they allow software changes.
Right. Plus running the update over at Adobe takes all of a few seconds to finish. It's nice to know we have AI looking out for our best interests all the time though.
Safari -> Preferences -> Security -> Activate plug-ins (or similar, I'm running a non-english version). Do yourself a favor and use ClickToFlash instead.
They should have a checkbox to turn it off, like with Java. It is important enough and troublesome enough to be mentioned by name and be able to be turned off without disabling all plugins.
Easiest way to completely disable Flash in Safari is just to go to the "Security" tab and uncheck "Enable plug-ins". But that'll disable all plug-ins. Alternately you could just uninstall Flash. Trash that sucker from /Library/Internet Plug-ins/. Of course... some evil web designers will invariably create navigation... or entire sites... that ONLY work with Flash. Nice job bobo. So with all that said... I have to say... I'm LOVING this Click To Flash plugin! Sweet solution to most Flash annoyance!
Yep, I see your point....Similarly my real estate firm just redesigned their website where 'Pop-Ups' have to be ON!
WTF! What was this webmaster thinking?
So in Safari, there is no way to turn pop-ups off but choose to leave it on for a certain website. It's all or nothing! Sheez!
And don't get me started on the MLS websites with .aspx whatever that is. It's just incredible these hacks can get away with designing clumsy, archaic, websites.
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...Flash is a third party plug-in after all. Apple is not responsible for shipping anything for Adobe...
I think the issue here is that Apple is taking responsibility for shipping Adobe's software in this case, and they're not forewarning the user.
So just upgrade it.
Big deal.
Graham Cluley is a British computer programmer and 'Senior Technology Consultant ' at Sophos. So some antivirus outfit is rendering their opinion on the matter. Time to tune out.
WHY does adobe not love apple ???
As people have mentioned, ClickToFlash. It's fantastic.
Hello . I went there and read the whole link .I still don't understand this whole flash hubbub ??
Isn't QT better ??
Hello . I went there and read the whole link .I still don't understand this whole flash hubbub ??
Isn't QT better ??
For what again? Quicktime is good for video, almost not any good for interactive anything, and Quicktime only has about half the user base too. I expect Flash to be gradually pushed out as HTML 5 gets accepted, but that's a long haul, and I doubt HTML 5 is a complete replacement.
I wonder why Snow Leopard downgrades the Flash player? What's the reason behind it? There actually could be no reason and it's just a mistake.
like many here I don't know what the whining is all about, 10.6 issomething that was frozen some time ago. Like all OSes it has a lot of outdated software. SO as a user you update what is important to you.
Otherwise I'm not sure what the big deal is, no body complains about the old version of Python for example. It's a non issue if you ask me, update and move on.
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Otherwise I'm not sure what the big deal is, no body complains about the old version of Python for example.
Outdated != insecure. Older versions of Python still receive updates for some time since not everyone wants or can update to the latest version.
Outdated != insecure. Older versions of Python still receive updates for some time since not everyone wants or can update to the latest version.
From reading other forums it seems that this exploit has not affected anyone in the wild, and as a Mac user you are not at vulnerable unless you actively change flash to be the default pdf viewer instead of preview. Has anyone ever done that?
- OS X - 64-bit, Cocoa, OpenCL, Grand Central Dispatch
- Windows 7 - 64-bit, Vista "fixed", IE less dominate and more standards compliant
- Linux/BSD - Both are getting more love every day.
- Smart Phones - These can browse the internet and play video
- Netbooks - Basically a smart phone, but with the added ability to do computer work.
- Multi-core processors - While the OS can deal with it as it is now, working with the OS would make things run smoother.
- HTML5 - I do not expect the video tag to topple Flash, but it could creep up on Adobe like Firefox did to Microsoft.
- Silverlight - Microsoft knows they can't control the web using IE, but they can make a plugin that works with the major browsers running on Windows and OS X. Microsoft is already requiring Silverlight for some videos on their website.
Silverlight should be Adobe's main concern because Microsoft has had some serious blows to their dominance in the last 5+ years and they have been backed into a corner, figuratively speaking, so they are fighting back. A quick list isI guess Apple was too busy with their own code to triple check for the last Flash update before going Gold Master. That's too bad. Maybe they should write a script in 10.6.1 that will always compare the installed Flash version with the current Flash version posted over at Adobe upon launching Safari so it will automatically go over to the Flash install page when they don't jive.
You may think a month is a long time, but probably not for developing such a major project. The way I understand these big projects, they gradually reduce the circumstances that they allow software changes.
You may think a month is a long time, but probably not for developing such a major project. The way I understand these big projects, they gradually reduce the circumstances that they allow software changes.
Right. Plus running the update over at Adobe takes all of a few seconds to finish. It's nice to know we have AI looking out for our best interests all the time though.
As people have mentioned, ClickToFlash. It's fantastic.
Just downloaded and installed....thanks for the link!
Safari -> Preferences -> Security -> Activate plug-ins (or similar, I'm running a non-english version). Do yourself a favor and use ClickToFlash instead.
Thanks, just did!
They should have a checkbox to turn it off, like with Java. It is important enough and troublesome enough to be mentioned by name and be able to be turned off without disabling all plugins.
Yes that's what I was hoping for, too.
Easiest way to completely disable Flash in Safari is just to go to the "Security" tab and uncheck "Enable plug-ins". But that'll disable all plug-ins. Alternately you could just uninstall Flash. Trash that sucker from /Library/Internet Plug-ins/. Of course... some evil web designers will invariably create navigation... or entire sites... that ONLY work with Flash. Nice job bobo. So with all that said... I have to say... I'm LOVING this Click To Flash plugin! Sweet solution to most Flash annoyance!
Yep, I see your point....Similarly my real estate firm just redesigned their website where 'Pop-Ups' have to be ON!
WTF! What was this webmaster thinking?
So in Safari, there is no way to turn pop-ups off but choose to leave it on for a certain website. It's all or nothing! Sheez!
And don't get me started on the MLS websites with .aspx whatever that is. It's just incredible these hacks can get away with designing clumsy, archaic, websites.
WHY does adobe not love apple ???
Yeah, right on. That's the real story here. It may be, as some suggested, just an oversight or coincidence, but given their history....who knows!
I wonder why Snow Leopard downgrades the Flash player? What's the reason behind it? There actually could be no reason and it's just a mistake.
A major software release like Snow Leopard contains thousands of pieces of software, it's hard to catch everything all the time.
It could depend on when the package structure was put together, which would usually drive the versions of third-party content included.
On top of that, if you're doing your job right, you can't just replace one of those items, or shouldn't, without testing its effect on the product.
Given time constraints, it's probably better to go with what you know works, and deal with upgrading after installation.
It's not like Apple did this on purpose to make Adobe (or Apple, for that matter) look bad.