On 12/19/15, douglas richard dexheimer <drichardd@...> wrote: happy holidays all. recently i've been experiencing adobe flash player
crashes on certain streaming audio sites. it started last wednesday;
i've tried several different settings in about:config to see if this
would fix the issue. sometimes it would, other times it wouldn't. this
crash problem only applies to certain sites that use flash content, not
all. also the webvisum plugin no longer seems to work; i don't hear any
popping noises when loading a page in firefox. i'm not sure which
about:configuration settings i need to make all web pages using flash
behave properly, or how to reactivate the webvisum plugin. worse case
scenario: if i have to uninstall and reinstall firefox (43.0.1) to
restore default plugin settings, i wouldn't know where to find the
download link or file for reinstalling it; what about saving all my
bookmarks and passwords, so i won't have to start all over from scratch,
or try to select "forgot username/password" on pages where i don't
remember those credentials? i know a tech savvy friend who lives here
who could provide some feedback. thanks.
Douglas Richard Dexheimer
Chief of Braille Productions
Born-Again Productions
The Friedman Place, Apt.308
5527 N. Maplewood Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
cell phone 913-244-0612
drichardd@...
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Subject: Re: latest Firefox version that supports adobe flash player
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 07:02:31 -0700
From: Bill White <billwhite92701@...>
To: The Jaws for Windows support list. <jfw@...>
CC: douglas richard dexheimer <drichardd@...>
Flash protected mode is a security feature for Firefox which is implemented
by Adobe for Windows operating systems (Windows Vista/7/8 or above). This
feature is enabled by default, to make it difficult for attackers to access
your computer.
Flash protected mode might cause Flash performance problems in Firefox,
such
as persistent hangs or plugin crashes. This is especially true for users on
Windows touchscreen devices and for users who use accessibility tools.
You can turn off Flash protected mode by following these steps:
1. Press Control plus l to open the Location bar, type about:config and
press Enter.
. The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page may
appear.
Click I'll be careful, I promise! to continue to the about:config page.
2. Search for
dom.ipc.plugins.flash.disable-protected-mode
in the list of preferences.
3. Press Enter on the preference to toggle its value from false to true.
4. Press CONTROL plus W to close the about:config window.
5. Close Firefox, and re-launch Firefox for the new setting to take effect.
Bill White billwhite92701@...
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From: "douglas richard dexheimer via Jfw" <jfw@...>
To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@...>
Cc: "douglas richard dexheimer" <drichardd@...>
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 5:32 AM
Subject: Re: latest Firefox version that supports adobe flash player
where do i find the checkbox to enable or disable flash protection?
Douglas Richard Dexheimer
Chief of Braille Productions
Born-Again Productions
The Friedman Place, Apt.308
5527 N. Maplewood Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
cell phone 913-244-0612
drichardd@...
On 9/21/2015 9:38 PM, Adrian Spratt via Jfw wrote:
Great sleuthing, astounding Adobe message.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jfw [mailto:jfw-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Robert
Logue via Jfw
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 9:04 PM
To: The Jaws for Windows support list.
Cc: Robert Logue
Subject: Re: latest firefox version that supports adobe flash player
I'm curious about turning off Flash and why we should disable it. Didn't
know labels worked better in Youtube without it. Thing is do we disable
or set to ask to activate?
I decided to look in to this. Found a checkbox for Flash in Firefox
that wasn't labeled so I read more and found something we should know
about. I'll paste it below without comment.
Adobe Flash protected mode in Firefox | Firefox Help
(Redirected from
Enable Flash Protected Mode Settings on Firefox)
Flash protected mode
is a security feature for Firefox which is implemented by Adobe for
Windows operating systems (Windows Vista/7/8 or above). This feature is
enabled by
default, to make it difficult for attackers to access your computer.
Flash protected mode might cause Flash performance problems in Firefox,
such as persistent hangs or plugin crashes. This is especially true for
users on
Windows touchscreen devices and for users who use accessibility tools.
On 9/21/2015 6:50 PM, Brad Martin via Jfw wrote:
No, it's not a security issue. Like I said, if you had said you were
getting an error that Flash was disabled, that would have been the
problem.
I have noticed that Firefox seems to crash a bit with video embedded
sites lately. Honestly, what I've found that helped me was installing
an add-on called Adblock. I installed it at the recommendation of a
friend, but when I did, almost all my crashing problems stopped. You
can download it at www.getadblock.com if you want it. It has fixed
most of my issues.
Brad
On 9/20/2015 10:15 PM, douglas richard dexheimer wrote:
I can still listen to the stations or videos in question on my
iphone; sometimes when I get a crash message in FF (on my win7
computer using nvda) I try the link in my ot her browsers--sometimes
it works, other times not. other browsers may get unresponsive, or
show the controls but no sound is heard from the embedded player.
I'll get a message like "embedded object unavailable." why would
flash's security diminish with later versions of firefox--i.e., why
did those sites work in earlier ff versions on my older windows xp
computer, but not in the current version on my new windows 7 machine?
Douglas Richard Dexheimer
Chief of Braille Productions
Born-Again Productions
The Friedman Place, Apt.308
5527 N. Maplewood Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
cell phone 913-244-0612
drichardd@...
On 9/20/2015 9:28 PM, Brad Martin wrote:
Sorry you didn't get my response from a few days ago. Trying again...
What I wrote regarding Firefox 40.0.3 was:
That should work. I thought you were going to say the buttons weren't
reading for you correctly, because that is often the case with
Firefox.
Flash reads
better with Internet Explorer. If you're getting a message that
Flash is
disabled, it suggests that there is a security flaw in Flash and
Firefox
is blocking
access to it until Adobe releases a patched version of Flash. If it's
crashing, that's a beast of another color.
Brad
brad@...
On 9/20/2015 8:58 PM, douglas richard dexheimer via Jfw wrote:
did anyone get this yet? I've gotten no response so far.
Douglas Richard Dexheimer
Chief of Braille Productions
Born-Again Productions
The Friedman Place, Apt.308
5527 N. Maplewood Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
cell phone 913-244-0612
drichardd@...
On 9/15/2015 3:22 PM, douglas richard dexheimer wrote:
using firefox 40.0.3; what is the latest version that supports
afp? on
some websites that use flash content (youtube, spotify, live365,
video
streaming sites with embedded objects or players, etc.) I get a
popup
saying the adobe flash plug-in has crashed. the same site may or
may
not work on other browsers such as IE, chrome or webbIE.
uninstalling
and reinstalling afp didn't improve things. thanks for your
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