QA:Camino 2.1.x and Flash - Revision history

Sardisson: /* Enabling Flash animation blocking on PowerPC Macs */ fix link for PPC users

2011-12-12T04:34:18Z

Enabling Flash animation blocking on PowerPC Macs: fix link for PPC users

Sardisson: /* Enabling Flash animation blocking on PowerPC Macs */ reword some

2011-12-12T04:28:38Z

Enabling Flash animation blocking on PowerPC Macs: reword some

Sardisson: /* Enabling Flash animation blocking on PowerPC Macs */ add prompt to download latest Flash 10.1, plus links to Flash version-check and "otherversions" download link

2011-12-12T04:25:13Z

Enabling Flash animation blocking on PowerPC Macs: add prompt to download latest Flash 10.1, plus links to Flash version-check and "otherversions" download link

Sardisson: add screenshots to this page

2011-12-07T02:31:05Z

add screenshots to this page

Sardisson: /* Blocking Insecure Versions */ add more about what happens on sites which do flash-detection

2011-12-05T22:16:14Z

Blocking Insecure Versions: add more about what happens on sites which do flash-detection

Sardisson: /* Blocking Insecure Versions */ link to Adobe's site, which currently actually does the right thing for all Intel Macs, regardless of OS--though it did not used to

2011-11-30T21:56:29Z

Blocking Insecure Versions: link to Adobe's site, which currently actually does the right thing for all Intel Macs, regardless of OS--though it did not used to

Sardisson: /* Enabling Flashblock on PowerPC Macs */ rename to match UI

2011-11-30T20:50:59Z

Enabling Flashblock on PowerPC Macs: rename to match UI

Sardisson: first draft of Flash page

2011-11-30T20:50:27Z

first draft of Flash page

New page

Many versions of the Adobe Flash Player plug-in have severe and actively-exploited security holes. Since Apple is no longer actively upgrading the copies of the Flash plug-in that once shipped with Mac OS X, Camino 2.1 introduces two methods to help protect users from insecure versions of the plug-in.

===Blocking Insecure Versions===

Camino prevents copies of the Flash plug-in older than certain versions from being loaded and, when the website does not do its own Flash detection, shows a placeholder indicating that Flash has been disabled for security reasons. If you see [http://caminobrowser.org/documentation/security/#blockedplugins the placeholder], you should visit the Adobe website to download the lastest Flash Player plug-in installer.

===Enabling Flashblock on PowerPC Macs===

Unfortunately, Adobe ceased development of Flash Player for PowerPC Macs with version 10.1 and is no longer providing security updates for version 10.1, which is vulnerable to a number of security holes that are actively being exploited.

Because of this, Camino 2.1 turns on the “Block Flash animations” feature (present in the Web Features preference pane) by default on PowerPC Macs. This feature prevents all Flash from loading, displaying a placeholder in the web page instead, while allowing you to selectively display any Flash plug-in content that is critical to your browsing. You can load a given Flash element a single time by clicking on the placeholder. If you want to load all Flash content on a given website every time you visit, you can add an exception for that site. See our [http://caminobrowser.org/documentation/annoyances/#whitelist_flash Documentation] on adding Flash exceptions for more information on this feature.

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 Unfortunately, Adobe ceased development of Flash Player for PowerPC Macs with version 10.1 and is no longer providing security updates for version 10.1, which is vulnerable to a number of security holes that are actively being exploited.
-You should ensure that [http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ you are running the latest version of Flash 10.1], 10.1.102.64; if you are not, [http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ visit the Adobe website] to download the lastest Flash Player plug-in installer for PowerPC Macs. Camino will prevent all versions of Flash 10.1 older than 10.1.102.64 from loading.
+You should ensure that [http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ you are running the latest version of Flash 10.1], 10.1.102.64; if you are not, [http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/142/tn_14266.html visit the Adobe website] to download the lastest Flash Player plug-in installer for PowerPC Macs. Camino will prevent all versions of Flash 10.1 older than 10.1.102.64 from loading.
 Because even Flash 10.1.102.64 has known security vulnerabilities, Camino 2.1 turns on the “Block Flash animations” feature (present in the Web Features preference pane) by default on PowerPC Macs.  This feature prevents all Flash from loading, displaying a placeholder in the web page instead, while allowing you to selectively display any Flash plug-in content that is critical to your browsing.

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 ===Enabling Flash animation blocking on PowerPC Macs===
-Unfortunately, Adobe ceased development of Flash Player for PowerPC Macs with version 10.1 and is no longer providing security updates for version 10.1, which is vulnerable to a number of security holes that are actively being exploited.  (You should, however, [http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ make sure you are running the latest version of Flash 10.1], 10.1.102.64; if you are not, [http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ visit the Adobe website] to download the lastest Flash Player plug-in installer for PowerPC Macs.)
+Unfortunately, Adobe ceased development of Flash Player for PowerPC Macs with version 10.1 and is no longer providing security updates for version 10.1, which is vulnerable to a number of security holes that are actively being exploited.
-Because of this, Camino 2.1 turns on the “Block Flash animations” feature (present in the Web Features preference pane) by default on PowerPC Macs.  This feature prevents all Flash from loading, displaying a placeholder in the web page instead, while allowing you to selectively display any Flash plug-in content that is critical to your browsing.
+You should ensure that [http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ you are running the latest version of Flash 10.1], 10.1.102.64; if you are not, [http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ visit the Adobe website] to download the lastest Flash Player plug-in installer for PowerPC Macs. Camino will prevent all versions of Flash 10.1 older than 10.1.102.64 from loading.
 http://caminobrowser.org/img/documentation/annoyances_flash.png
 You can load a given Flash element a single time by clicking on the placeholder.  If you want to load all Flash content on a given website every time you visit, you can add an exception for that site.  See our [http://caminobrowser.org/documentation/annoyances/#whitelist_flash Documentation] on adding Flash exceptions for more information on this feature.

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 ===Enabling Flash animation blocking on PowerPC Macs===
-Unfortunately, Adobe ceased development of Flash Player for PowerPC Macs with version 10.1 and is no longer providing security updates for version 10.1, which is vulnerable to a number of security holes that are actively being exploited.
+Unfortunately, Adobe ceased development of Flash Player for PowerPC Macs with version 10.1 and is no longer providing security updates for version 10.1, which is vulnerable to a number of security holes that are actively being exploited.  (You should, however, [http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ make sure you are running the latest version of Flash 10.1], 10.1.102.64; if you are not, [http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ visit the Adobe website] to download the lastest Flash Player plug-in installer for PowerPC Macs.)
 Because of this, Camino 2.1 turns on the “Block Flash animations” feature (present in the Web Features preference pane) by default on PowerPC Macs.  This feature prevents all Flash from loading, displaying a placeholder in the web page instead, while allowing you to selectively display any Flash plug-in content that is critical to your browsing.

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 Camino prevents copies of the Flash plug-in older than certain versions from being loaded and, when the website does not do its own Flash detection, shows a placeholder indicating that Flash has been disabled for security reasons.  If you see [http://caminobrowser.org/documentation/security/#blockedplugins the placeholder], you should [http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ visit the Adobe website] to download the lastest Flash Player plug-in installer.
 Note, however, that sites which perform their own Flash detection will prevent Camino’s placeholder message from being displayed; in these cases, the sites will often claim that you do not have Flash installed.
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 Unfortunately, Adobe ceased development of Flash Player for PowerPC Macs with version 10.1 and is no longer providing security updates for version 10.1, which is vulnerable to a number of security holes that are actively being exploited.
-Because of this, Camino 2.1 turns on the “Block Flash animations” feature (present in the Web Features preference pane) by default on PowerPC Macs.  This feature prevents all Flash from loading, displaying a placeholder in the web page instead, while allowing you to selectively display any Flash plug-in content that is critical to your browsing.  You can load a given Flash element a single time by clicking on the placeholder.  If you want to load all Flash content on a given website every time you visit, you can add an exception for that site.  See our [http://caminobrowser.org/documentation/annoyances/#whitelist_flash Documentation] on adding Flash exceptions for more information on this feature.
+Because of this, Camino 2.1 turns on the “Block Flash animations” feature (present in the Web Features preference pane) by default on PowerPC Macs.  This feature prevents all Flash from loading, displaying a placeholder in the web page instead, while allowing you to selectively display any Flash plug-in content that is critical to your browsing.

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	Camino prevents copies of the Flash plug-in older than certain versions from being loaded and, when the website does not do its own Flash detection, shows a placeholder indicating that Flash has been disabled for security reasons. If you see [http://caminobrowser.org/documentation/security/#blockedplugins the placeholder], you should [http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ visit the Adobe website] to download the lastest Flash Player plug-in installer.		Camino prevents copies of the Flash plug-in older than certain versions from being loaded and, when the website does not do its own Flash detection, shows a placeholder indicating that Flash has been disabled for security reasons. If you see [http://caminobrowser.org/documentation/security/#blockedplugins the placeholder], you should [http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ visit the Adobe website] to download the lastest Flash Player plug-in installer.
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		+	Note, however, that sites which perform their own Flash detection will prevent Camino’s placeholder message from being displayed; in these cases, the sites will often claim that you do not have Flash installed.

	===Enabling Flash animation blocking on PowerPC Macs===		===Enabling Flash animation blocking on PowerPC Macs===

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 ===Blocking Insecure Versions===
-Camino prevents copies of the Flash plug-in older than certain versions from being loaded and, when the website does not do its own Flash detection, shows a placeholder indicating that Flash has been disabled for security reasons.  If you see [http://caminobrowser.org/documentation/security/#blockedplugins the placeholder], you should visit the Adobe website to download the lastest Flash Player plug-in installer.
+Camino prevents copies of the Flash plug-in older than certain versions from being loaded and, when the website does not do its own Flash detection, shows a placeholder indicating that Flash has been disabled for security reasons.  If you see [http://caminobrowser.org/documentation/security/#blockedplugins the placeholder], you should [http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ visit the Adobe website] to download the lastest Flash Player plug-in installer.
 ===Enabling Flash animation blocking on PowerPC Macs===