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On 07/06/2011 11:29, Philip Boulain wrote:
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<tt>On 07/06/2011 09:57, Julian Field wrote:</tt>
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<tt>There has been yet another update to the Adobe Flash Player
that many websites use (all those stupid animated adverts
mostly).<br>
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On that basis, there is a *lot* to be said for blocking Flash
content unless you explicitly click to see/whitelist it (e.g.
YouTube), like reducing the chances you'll ever even let a
malicious animation load, and stopping badly-written banner ads
from turning all your battery life into heat.<br>
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Agreed.<br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/"></a>For
Safari, there appears to be ClickToFlash, which also
special-cases YouTube and some other video sites to use
QuickTime instead(!):<br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://extensions.apple.com/">https://extensions.apple.com/</a>
(It's all JavaScript-y, so you'll have to search-in-page)<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://clicktoflash.com/">http://clicktoflash.com/</a>
(Its own website, but uses a pkg installer and manual
"uninstall" rather than the Safari extensions UI)<br>
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There is an "Extension" for Safari that implements this very neatly
without any hacking around whatsoever. I have installed it on all
Apple computers bought by ECS for about the past year.<br>
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I do, however, disable it by default (otherwise people will complain
I broke their web browser).<br>
All you need to do in Safari is go to the "Preferences" and select
the "Extensions" heading, and you will see it there with a big
button to switch it on.<br>
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<br />sysjkf@ecs.soton.ac.uk
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