JS_Harris
msg:4080416 | 11:51 am on Feb 15, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Adobe needs to stop crashing my computer while attempting to download updates to fix these things too.
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driller41
msg:4080457 | 1:19 pm on Feb 15, 2010 (gmt 0) |
This is the reason I do not install their software - I can do without reader, unfortunately I still need flash plugin - is there a better/more secure alternative.
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ChanandlerBong
msg:4080504 | 2:30 pm on Feb 15, 2010 (gmt 0) |
I finally got rid of adobe reader a year ago and use foxit which has a footprint about 10% the size without the phoning home and auto updates.
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UserFriendly
msg:4080574 | 4:14 pm on Feb 15, 2010 (gmt 0) |
I really wish there was more competition in the "Flash" player field. With Adobe's the only real solution at the moment, it's the Windows giant-target problem all over again. Endless exploits all aimed at the one thing that everyone will be running.
(I have tried SWFdec and Gnash but they both failed to make sense of the obscenely complex sites that prevail these days.)
If you need (or just enjoy) the "dynamic" content, make sure you're using something like the Firefox add-ons NoScript and "Request Policy" which make it much less likely you'll be stung by drive-by attacks.
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Damaeus
msg:4111108 | 11:23 pm on Apr 6, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Well, the problem is that so many websites can't simply post their information in HTML with "fancy Flash graphics". They want to turn the whole page into some application with attempts to protect their so-called "intellectual property" by making it impossible to copy and paste the text. I have tried running NoScript in Firefox, but so many websites end up looking strange without all the content displayed.
I don't mind seeing a "pretty page". I just wish more webmasters would be minimalists with regards to running scripts.
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