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Info on how to set "Click to Play" in chrome settings: https://security.berkeley.edu/content/how-do-i-enable-click-play-google-chrome https://security.berkeley.

Info on how to set "Click to Play" in chrome settings: https://security.berkeley.edu/content/how-do-i-enable-click-play-google-chrome https://security.berkeley.edu/content/how-do-i-enable-click-...

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bronson 12y ago
This is awesome. Flash isn't used for anything anymore, can't wait until this is the default.
- joshfraser 12y ago
  Besides ads. And Google is first and foremost an advertising company. Don't hold your breath for that to become the default in Chrome.
  - vertex-four 12y ago
    And that's pretty much why Google built Google Web Designer[0] - because advertisers are going to want their media to run on all browsers, even ones without Flash. [0] http://www.google.co.uk/webdesigner/ http://www.google.co.uk/webdesigner/
  - SquareWheel 12y ago
    Google Flash ads are rare, and I'm sure they'd be happy to move away from them entirely in favor of HTML5 technologies.
  - gumby 12y ago
    And this is why we must treasure and keep Flash -- so we can easily block the kinds of people who use it. Filtering out HTML5 video ads is harder (though if you block everything set to auto play you do OK).
    - vezycash 12y ago
      #(though if you block everything set to auto play you do OK) How do i do this on chrome?
      - gumby 12y ago
        I do all my rewriting with a proxy (in my case glimmer blocker, though I also had to implement my own man-in-the-middle SSL tool to make it work with https connections). I simply rewrite URLs, strip referrer tags, respond with empty files for domains I don't like, and rewrite pages to remove crud. It speeds up my browsing experience immensely and coincidentally improves my privacy somewhat. I seems brain damaged to me to do it via a browser extension since I use multiple browsers, not to mention other programs that make http/https/ftp connections (e.g. RSS reader, mail reader etc).
- teej 12y ago
  It's still the only way to get write access to the clipboard, unfortunately.
  - TkTech 12y ago
    In what browser is Flash still required? I've been doing: to_clipboard = (text) -> textarea = document.getElementById "copy-workaround" textarea.value = text textarea.select() document.execCommand "copy", false, null In chrome for years.
    - timothya 12y ago
      That code doesn't work (at least in ordinary page scripts), as far as I can tell. http://jsfiddle.net/vej6vbdt/ http://jsfiddle.net/vej6vbdt/
      - TkTech 12y ago
        You're entirely right, after looking into it a bit, it seems it's blocked now in everything but content pages (which is where I use it)
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maxmwood 12y ago
Did this on my 2008 MacBook, still running Snow Leopard. The speed was immediately noticeable when browsing the web. I'd recommend it if anyone else has noticed a slow down at all.
- niels_olson 12y ago
  I gotta ask: why are you still running Snow Leopard?
  - maximumoverload 12y ago
    I am not him, but on one older Mac, I am running Snow Leopard because it's the last OS X I can run on a 32bit computer. And yes, I know, it has all the terrible ShellShock bugs and other stuff that will never be fixed, but I just need to run some OS X software time from time and I won't buy a new Mac because of that. And when I tried to install Linux on that, Wi-fi didn't work properly, and there were some other issues I had with I think rebooting and maybe some other hardware stuff (I know, it sounds like a cliche, but it's true)
  - maxmwood 12y ago
    I don't feel there are any real benefits in upgrading. It'll just slow down my MacBook even more.
    - niels_olson 12y ago
      Thanks for the honest reply. I wasn't trying to be judgemental, just trying to understand specific reasons, rather than admit the nebulous cloud of "because".
  - ams6110 12y ago
    I still run Tiger on a PowerBook G4.
- bitcuration 12y ago
  I did the setting changes. Now the process monitor on my MBP (Yosemite) shows a bunch of "Google Chrome Helper" not responding in red. Not sure this has saved battery but seems battery goes out even quicker.

Info on how to set "Click to Play" in chrome settings: https://security.berkeley.edu/content/how-do-i-enable-click-play-google-chrome https://security.berkeley.edu/content/how-do-i-enable-click-...

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bronson 12y ago

This is awesome. Flash isn't used for anything anymore, can't wait until this is the default.

joshfraser 12y ago
Besides ads. And Google is first and foremost an advertising company. Don't hold your breath for that to become the default in Chrome.
- vertex-four 12y ago
  And that's pretty much why Google built Google Web Designer[0] - because advertisers are going to want their media to run on all browsers, even ones without Flash. [0] http://www.google.co.uk/webdesigner/ http://www.google.co.uk/webdesigner/
- SquareWheel 12y ago
  Google Flash ads are rare, and I'm sure they'd be happy to move away from them entirely in favor of HTML5 technologies.
- gumby 12y ago
  And this is why we must treasure and keep Flash -- so we can easily block the kinds of people who use it. Filtering out HTML5 video ads is harder (though if you block everything set to auto play you do OK).
  - vezycash 12y ago
    #(though if you block everything set to auto play you do OK) How do i do this on chrome?
    - gumby 12y ago
      I do all my rewriting with a proxy (in my case glimmer blocker, though I also had to implement my own man-in-the-middle SSL tool to make it work with https connections). I simply rewrite URLs, strip referrer tags, respond with empty files for domains I don't like, and rewrite pages to remove crud. It speeds up my browsing experience immensely and coincidentally improves my privacy somewhat. I seems brain damaged to me to do it via a browser extension since I use multiple browsers, not to mention other programs that make http/https/ftp connections (e.g. RSS reader, mail reader etc).
teej 12y ago
It's still the only way to get write access to the clipboard, unfortunately.
- TkTech 12y ago
  In what browser is Flash still required? I've been doing: to_clipboard = (text) -> textarea = document.getElementById "copy-workaround" textarea.value = text textarea.select() document.execCommand "copy", false, null In chrome for years.
  - timothya 12y ago
    That code doesn't work (at least in ordinary page scripts), as far as I can tell. http://jsfiddle.net/vej6vbdt/ http://jsfiddle.net/vej6vbdt/
    - TkTech 12y ago
      You're entirely right, after looking into it a bit, it seems it's blocked now in everything but content pages (which is where I use it)
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maxmwood 12y ago

Did this on my 2008 MacBook, still running Snow Leopard. The speed was immediately noticeable when browsing the web. I'd recommend it if anyone else has noticed a slow down at all.

niels_olson 12y ago
I gotta ask: why are you still running Snow Leopard?
- maximumoverload 12y ago
  I am not him, but on one older Mac, I am running Snow Leopard because it's the last OS X I can run on a 32bit computer. And yes, I know, it has all the terrible ShellShock bugs and other stuff that will never be fixed, but I just need to run some OS X software time from time and I won't buy a new Mac because of that. And when I tried to install Linux on that, Wi-fi didn't work properly, and there were some other issues I had with I think rebooting and maybe some other hardware stuff (I know, it sounds like a cliche, but it's true)
- maxmwood 12y ago
  I don't feel there are any real benefits in upgrading. It'll just slow down my MacBook even more.
  - niels_olson 12y ago
    Thanks for the honest reply. I wasn't trying to be judgemental, just trying to understand specific reasons, rather than admit the nebulous cloud of "because".
- ams6110 12y ago
  I still run Tiger on a PowerBook G4.
bitcuration 12y ago
I did the setting changes. Now the process monitor on my MBP (Yosemite) shows a bunch of "Google Chrome Helper" not responding in red. Not sure this has saved battery but seems battery goes out even quicker.