Comments for Is this Macromedia Flash potentially unsafe operation message legitimate?

Comment from Matt H. on 2007-04-25

2007-04-26T01:50:09Z

I wanted to put a flash intro on my site and have the animated enter site button take me to the main html, but I guess i'll have to put in a normal html button to make it work without causing everyone who visits my site to go through a long change settings process.

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Comment from Iulian on 2006-10-25

2006-10-26T06:01:19Z

I`ts a stupidity not because of security but because the way is done, what if I have a computer that i`ts not connected to the internet and I whant to view that flash contents. I know from experience that you can`t do nothing localy, so... you have to go online (but I don`t have an online connection and I still whant to see that flash).
Thanks!

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Comment from Ray on 2006-05-07

2006-05-08T03:29:21Z

It's also worth noting that because of a recent patent dispute that Microsoft lost against an outfit called Eolas, there are a number of things changing in the way embedded content is displayed inside Internet Explorer. Since Flash is one of the most ubiquitous examples, it's where you're going to see alot of strange things happening. Things that used to be seamless are now going to have security-related pop-ups and other obstacles. This doesn't mean that there's anything wrong with Flash, it's mostly a problem with how sites are trying to figure out new and better ways to implement Flash objects within the new framework required by Eolas's stupid patent.

There are also occasional browser issues that may cause the system to think the loading of the Flash plug-in is improper, but that's more about the quirky browser than anything to do with Flash.

Finally, you will find some websites that rail against Flash that try to portray Flash as responsible for all manner of ills, including security problems, global warming, and male pattern baldness (I think). A lot of the anti-Flash sentiment comes from technology snobs who have a beef with Flash because it's quickly supplanting Javascript, which stopped evolving as a programming language several years ago and is showing its age. Leo's suggestion to get a clean updated install from the Adobe site is a very good one.

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Comment from Steve S. on 2006-05-01

2006-05-01T13:09:21Z

You may be interested to know that a number of AOL users (like myself) were experiencing this problem. AOL, with considerable prodding, eventually suggested this solution:

Go to: http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager04.html

and select ALWAYS ALLOW; close the page and restart the computer.

I did this, and it appears to have solved the problem.

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