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Avoid Flash 10 Beta for Linux - it crashes FIrefoxAvoid Flash 10 Beta for Linux - it crashes FIrefoxPosted May 15, 2008 23:30 UTC (Thu) by dowdle (subscriber, #659)In reply to: Avoid Flash 10 Beta for Linux - it crashes FIrefox by pr1268 Parent article: Adobe releases Flash Player 10 beta
News Flash... Flash 9 usually crashed my browser (either the Firefox 2 series or the 3 beta) several times a day.
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That's old news Posted May 16, 2008 1:28 UTC (Fri) by pr1268 (subscriber, #24648) [Link] When I said that Flash 9 works "fine", I was speaking in relative terms. Version 9 gives me grief every so often as well. But at least it didn't crash the very first time I tried using it. I use a little shell script and symlink trickery to run Firefox with the flash plugin disabled by default, and enable it only when needed (i.e., to get my YouTube or Google Video "fix"). Accordingly, I have very few Flash crashes, not to mention Web browsing is generally less annoying without flash-based ads.
That's old news Posted May 16, 2008 2:04 UTC (Fri) by mikachu (subscriber, #5333) [Link] I can recommend flashblock http://flashblock.mozdev.org/, it replaces all flash movies with a button you can press to show them. I also agree that the new beta is very bad on linux, I didn't get through a single youtube video without crashing, however, the fullscreen mode was less choppy during the brief period it worked :).
That's old news Posted May 16, 2008 13:13 UTC (Fri) by afalko (subscriber, #37028) [Link] I just tried flashblock. I can't be happier :). I used to see heavy CPU usage when using flash, now its pretty much gone. I don't need multi core anymore :). Thanks for the tip.
That's old news Posted May 16, 2008 16:58 UTC (Fri) by iabervon (subscriber, #722) [Link] I can't imagine trying to use flash-based things without flashblock. There are far too many flash things that start immediately. So I'd click a link, switch tabs, read some email, write a bit of code, work on a puzzle a little, and come back to the first tab to find that I've missed the whole thing, whatever it was.
That's old news Posted May 16, 2008 2:07 UTC (Fri) by Mithrandir (subscriber, #3031) [Link] Perhaps you should try these Firefox extensions: NoScript: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722 You can turn Java and JavaScript on and off with a single click, on the fly. FlashBlock: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433 Each flash item in the page is replaced by a button you can click to allow that particular item to load and display. While you're at it, you could try another of my favourite extensions: Nuke Anything Enhanced: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/951 I particularly like the new feature: "remove everything else" which allows you to select the text on a page that you actually want to read, then right click and remove all the other annoying junk from the page.
That's old news Posted May 22, 2008 16:05 UTC (Thu) by lysse (subscriber, #3190) [Link] Nor did it me (also Slackware, 11.0 and 12.0). Unfortunately, it didn't take very long before Flash crashed every time a Flash ad arrived, and I've had cases of it preventing Firefox from even *starting up*. Therefore Flash of any kind is persona non grata on my systems.
Flash 9 not crashing Posted May 16, 2008 4:22 UTC (Fri) by eru (subscriber, #2753) [Link] Flash 9 usually crashed my browser (either the Firefox 2 series or the 3 beta) several times a day.I often see complaints like this on Linux forums, and wonder a bit because my own experience with it has not been like this at all. What am I doing wrong? :-) For me, Flash 9 crashes fairly rarely on the two Linux systems I mostly use, 32-bit Centos on a Dell and 64-bit Mandriva on an Asus Vintage barebone. Maybe it is the video chips & drivers? The Dell uses Intel video, the Asus has ATI 9250, the only common theme being they both use only open source video drivers.
Flash 9 not crashing Posted May 16, 2008 4:43 UTC (Fri) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330) [Link] Flash 9 does seem to crash much more often on my work machine, which runs RHEL4 with an nVidia proprietary driver, than on my personal laptop, currently running Fedora 7 with the free radeon driver.
Flash 9 not crashing Posted May 16, 2008 14:55 UTC (Fri) by tjc (subscriber, #137) [Link] Flash 9 crashed Firefox the first time I used it, and a second time about ten minutes later, so I uninstalled it and left it alone. I was hoping version 10 would be better...
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