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Are you sure about that? Because that's not the way Flashblock describes itself: Flashblock is an extension for the Mozilla, Firefox, and Netscape browsers
by nbpoole 16y ago
Are you sure about that? Because that's not the way Flashblock describes itself:
Flashblock is an extension for the Mozilla, Firefox, and Netscape browsers that takes a pessimistic approach to dealing with Macromedia Flash content on a webpage and blocks ALL Flash content from loading. It then leaves placeholders on the webpage that allow you to click to download and then view the Flash content.
It would be pretty useless if all it did was hide the content via CSS.
- amalcon 16y agoWikipedia cites this as the source for that assertion: http://flashblock.mozdev.org/faq.html#fbFlashCookies http://flashblock.mozdev.org/faq.html#fbFlashCookies If it prevented the object from loading, it would block Flash "cookies". edit: Looks like it does call StopPlay() on the movie, which prevents any audio/visual effects.
- nbpoole 16y agoI just tested the extension and I can confirm that Flashblock only downloads and runs the content when the placeholder is explicitly clicked on. So, Wikipedia is wrong. ;) Edit: If I browse to an SWF directly, it does appear to load the content. If I create the SWF via SWFObject, it does not load until I explicitly click on the placeholder. That question is poorly worded. It's referring to blocking Flash cookies in general. Flashblock will not prevent the use of Flash cookies by applets that you allow to run.