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I've Turned Off Flash
flash bites. well, not really. but the way it's used and abused is horendus. because flash permits the web developer to control what my computer can do (ie, can't stop the flash from looping, disables ie stop button, etc), it's rather like a tv that a given ad can prevent you from adjusting the volume down. so, i've used flashswitch to disable flash on my pc. and i only rarely have to turn flash on; there's so little of real substance out there that's not otherwise accessible (that is, without flash). if i had one word of advice for macromedia, it would be to provide flash with a feature set for the end user, and not for the developer. but i don't see that happening anytime soon, so flash remains off on my pc.

mark d.
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Look for Microsoft to buy Macromedia, they hate this kind of news.  DonnieBoy | 05/27/04
and if pigs had wings they could fly!  ShadeTree | 05/27/04
Congratulations! You've proven to us all how utterly useless you are!  Jeff Spicoli | 05/27/04
Jeff, I wasn't aware...  ShadeTree | 05/27/04
And I wasn't aware..  Jeff Spicoli | 05/27/04
Oh, Microsoft does not care if things work well under Linux??  DonnieBoy | 05/27/04
Don't bet on it!  George Mitchell | 05/27/04
I imagine if MS owned Flash, people would stop using it.  DonnieBoy | 05/27/04
Good, but...  Michael Kelly | 05/27/04
Thank you Macromedia  Arrg | 05/27/04
Now if they just come out with WATER...  rock06r | 05/27/04
What's needed?  IT_User | 05/27/04
Bahhh! make one for FreeBSD please  toadlife | 05/27/04
(NT) now why do people use windows again?  zijiang | 05/27/04
B/c they're sorry suckers that love to be controlled, gouged, and spied on!  Jeff Spicoli | 05/27/04
If it runs on linux  FreeBSD | 05/27/04
Not allways  toadlife | 05/27/04
First of many  Chad_z | 05/27/04
The most important news about Flash...  Anton Philidor | 05/27/04
BTDT  rpmyers1 | 05/27/04
exactly!  Jeff Spicoli | 05/27/04
Long wait  Anton Philidor | 05/27/04
Gee, guys  IT_User | 05/28/04
Sophisticated popup stopping  Anton Philidor | 05/28/04
Nice, but how about Shockwave? (NT)  carbon-12 | 05/27/04
Waste of time and money  ITsucks | 05/27/04
woops sent to soon  ITsucks | 05/27/04
re: woops sent to soon  Chipper1963 | 05/27/04
Here's one business owner...  Yen_z | 05/27/04
Yeah, you did send too soon  IT_User | 05/27/04
Not really  Linux User 147560 | 05/27/04
Umm, the player is free . . . (NT)  CobraA1 | 05/29/04
I've Turned Off Flash  markdoiron | 05/27/04
I agree  CobraA1 | 05/31/04

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