Posted by Stan McCann on 01/08/06 18:55

"Alan J. Flavell" <flavell@physics.gla.ac.uk> wrote in
news:Pine.WNT.4.64.0601061117280.1596@ZORIN:

>
> On Fri, 6 Jan 2006, Marian Heddesheimer wrote:
>
>> There are some websites that don't work without flash, but I think
>> they are not worth installing the plugin ;-)

I totally agree. I use Flash during the time that I introduce it to
my students and must check their work. Once in a while, I'll copy an
URL from FireFox and paste it into Maxthon to see Flash and/or other
stuff that I don't use on a regular basis.

>> On the other hand, you will find a lot of nice online games or
>> interactive thingies that are done in flash, so I believe it's
>> worth installing the plugin if you are not a purely text-based
>> user.
>
> Well, after too many instances of my laptop being brought to an
> uncontrollable crawl by commercial web sites which insisted on
> dragging their way through a non-optional flash video before one
> could get any access to their normal content, I de-installed the
> flash plugin.

Non-optional splash pages usually will get me to find another site
right away. On the other hand, I've seen some pretty good stuff done
with Flash.

> If there was a way of getting a prompt and being able to say "no
> thanks" to the browser when unsolicited flash content was offered, I
> might be willing to re-enable it. I haven't found an option like
> that yet.

Look into some of the FF extensions. I believe there is one that
allows Flash enable/disable on the fly. Browse with Flash off, then
turn it on if you want to see some Flash goodie. I'm not sure if
there is anything for Mozilla.

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