At 19:52:06 on Tuesday Tuesday 07 October 2008, "Larry Stotler"
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Stan Goodman
wrote: Many thanks for all those who responded. Yes, I do have NoScript installed, but never thought of it in terms of Flash. I'll have to try permitting the site. Interesting, however, that the problem appears on some sites but not on others, so the designers are clearly doing different things, as one of the responses has observed. That means, of course, that there isn't a way to allow the problematic sites globally, which is a pain. And I already know that complaining to webmasters doesn't help much.
That's why I disable NoScript and installed FlashBlock. That way, I know that the flash is there and can view it if I choose. NoScript is powerful, but too restrictive for my tastes.
I have FlashBlock installed as well. I have used it since it was first introduced. But I need NoScript to control Javascript. I haven't examined NoScript since I received the responses to my query, but I am hoping there is a way to disable its Flash control facility while retaining control over Javascript. If there isn't, I am in a quandary, because both of these unnecessary bells-and-whistles are vastly overused by web designers who feel that they are traitors to the web if they don't use the very latest release of every possible gimmick, even if it adds nothing whatever to the utillity or functionality of their site. I may drop a line to the developer(s) of NoScript. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org