Flash Blocker Not Working
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Flash Blocker Not Working
Tonight I went to this website: http://www.equities.com/news/headline-s ... =material
and the flash movie started playing even though I have the Disable Flash Animations turned on.
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Re: Flash Blocker Not Working
The video is blocked here.Try the option "disable videos".
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Re: Flash Blocker Not Working
Why don't Avant have a "Disable Video" button along with the Disable Flash and Block Ads buttons?xiaobing wrote:The video is blocked here.Try the option "disable videos".
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Re: Flash Blocker Not Working
I have recorded it as a request.
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Re: Flash Blocker Not Working
html5 no flash video maybe tinman. zdnet, etc sites has quite bit
on html5 which is on the scene. Will adobe flash go away. I doubt
not for a long long time.
on html5 which is on the scene. Will adobe flash go away. I doubt
not for a long long time.
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Re: Flash Blocker Not Working
Even with both Disable Flash Animations and Disable Video's, I still have instances where flash ads with load and play.
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Re: Flash Blocker Not Working
Can you give me a test link?Tinman57 wrote:Even with both Disable Flash Animations and Disable Video's, I still have instances where flash ads with load and play.
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Re: Flash Blocker Not Working
Geeze, I've slept since then. Next time it happens I'll send a link...xiaobing wrote:Can you give me a test link?Tinman57 wrote:Even with both Disable Flash Animations and Disable Video's, I still have instances where flash ads with load and play.
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Re: Flash Blocker Not Working
Flash blocker not working, at least with Chrome engine and AB 2013b 119
Disabled flash in Avant (menu and toolbar show this), every page loads flash and happily plays this.
Want an example? http://www.ad.nl/
Please advise.
Disabled flash in Avant (menu and toolbar show this), every page loads flash and happily plays this.
Want an example? http://www.ad.nl/
Please advise.
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Re: Flash Blocker Not Working
http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1036/Showbizz/vi ... aten.dhtml This video for example. With the option "disable flash animation" checked, the video just show black. If I uncheck the option, the video loads correctly.
I tried it with 2014 build 1/chrome engine.
Are you sure the videos that work are played with flash player not html5?
I tried it with 2014 build 1/chrome engine.
Are you sure the videos that work are played with flash player not html5?
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Re: Flash Blocker Not Working
The clip in the centre of the screen at the particular link does indeed not play, just like YouTube does not. When I opened the link there were 2 flash animations at the right and at the top that played without problem. The attached image also shows this, on the main page of AD.NL.
It may be that these animations are embedded or pushed by another website and thus not intercepted, but nevertheless they are flash files and play regardless of the settings.
There are many sites where flash ads pop up out of the blue and start yelling through my speakers (Vodafone is such example) and I'm really getting p!ssed off about those intrusive ads. Blocking flash would help not loosing my temper. If it worked.
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It may be that these animations are embedded or pushed by another website and thus not intercepted, but nevertheless they are flash files and play regardless of the settings.
There are many sites where flash ads pop up out of the blue and start yelling through my speakers (Vodafone is such example) and I'm really getting p!ssed off about those intrusive ads. Blocking flash would help not loosing my temper. If it worked.
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Re: Flash Blocker Not Working
Here in my pc , that flash ad is blocked by avant if that option is checked (but then all flashs are completly blocked) , not sure why is not blocked in your pc .
Other way to block that flash is use the addon Flashblock . (this is what i use . A button showup in all flashs just in case i want play that video) .
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... lashblock/
Other way also is use the addon addblock plus .
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... lock-plus/
(i use both) .
Other way to block that flash is use the addon Flashblock . (this is what i use . A button showup in all flashs just in case i want play that video) .
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... lashblock/
Other way also is use the addon addblock plus .
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... lock-plus/
(i use both) .
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Re: Flash Blocker Not Working
The problem has been recorded.DutchGemini wrote:The clip in the centre of the screen at the particular link does indeed not play, just like YouTube does not. When I opened the link there were 2 flash animations at the right and at the top that played without problem. The attached image also shows this, on the main page of AD.NL.
It may be that these animations are embedded or pushed by another website and thus not intercepted, but nevertheless they are flash files and play regardless of the settings.
There are many sites where flash ads pop up out of the blue and start yelling through my speakers (Vodafone is such example) and I'm really getting p!ssed off about those intrusive ads. Blocking flash would help not loosing my temper. If it worked.
Dutch
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Re: Flash Blocker Not Working
Try 2014 build 2
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Re: Flash Blocker Not Working
Build 2 did seem to have solved the issue, in fact I could see "movie not loaded" when right-clicking on the place holder.
However, after the initial enthusiasm, I must say it does not, or at least it does not look like it. See image for details, taken just minutes ago on http://www.corriere.it.
I have noted that many flash clips turn alive again and this is usually after an auto-refresh induced by the script in the page (I have auto-refresh turned off).
I also see that the flash blocking does not always work on the first attempts, that is, option/button enabled and page refreshed manually, likely because many of the page contents is taken from cache where it is still available. In the above image, many refresh with flash blocking turned on continue to show the clip
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However, after the initial enthusiasm, I must say it does not, or at least it does not look like it. See image for details, taken just minutes ago on http://www.corriere.it.
I have noted that many flash clips turn alive again and this is usually after an auto-refresh induced by the script in the page (I have auto-refresh turned off).
I also see that the flash blocking does not always work on the first attempts, that is, option/button enabled and page refreshed manually, likely because many of the page contents is taken from cache where it is still available. In the above image, many refresh with flash blocking turned on continue to show the clip
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Re: Flash Blocker Not Working
Flash blocking is not working any more, button pressed on toolbar, many flash animations running and Chrome Plug-in Shockwave Flash eating 126Mb of memory and constantly active. Either web sites have become smarter or AB has lost IQ. Please advise.
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Re: Flash Blocker Not Working
Actually it appears that Chrome does not obey to the Flash blocker, I have switched many tabs to FF and until now no flash is playing.
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Re: Flash Blocker Not Working
Sorry, I want to recall ... also with FF and flash blocked the flash player plugin is running happily.
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Re: Flash Blocker Not Working
Recorded.DutchGemini wrote:Flash blocking is not working any more, button pressed on toolbar, many flash animations running and Chrome Plug-in Shockwave Flash eating 126Mb of memory and constantly active. Either web sites have become smarter or AB has lost IQ. Please advise.