No-Flash browser wanted

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Is there a browser or an IE shell that will completely ignore flash crap
and/or prevent flash crap from loading?
I'm using Avant now and it stops only the display.
The flash crap still tries to download, which delays page loads.
Thanks,
Ed Howdershelt - Abintra Press
Science Fiction and Semi-Fiction
http://abintrapress.tripod.com
Fictionwise: http://tinyurl.com/26v45
 
AUWG said:
Is there a browser or an IE shell that will completely ignore flash crap
and/or prevent flash crap from loading?
I'm using Avant now and it stops only the display.
The flash crap still tries to download, which delays page loads.
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I uninstalled all "flash crap" several years ago. If I want to view an
..swf, then I save it to HDD, and view it with Irfanview. If you think
you might have the same preferences that I do, where it will never occur
that you will want to load any "flash crap" with your browser, then
perhaps you will want to take the same extreme strategy. Uninstall
Macromedia. The flash directives in html are consequently ignored
completely.

If, on the other hand, you think there might arise an occasion where
you want to keep the option, then it's back to your original question.
The MyIE2 folks might have something to put in, with its features there.

Or, another approach, what about categorically disallowing active-x in
your IE "internet" zone? Would that achieve the correct effect?

(With the no-active-x setting for default, you'd then put microsoft.com
and similar in your "trusted"/promiscuous zone for when you want to do
Windows Update etc.)
 
I use SlimBrowser that has it
omega said:
I uninstalled all "flash crap" several years ago. If I want to view an
.swf, then I save it to HDD, and view it with Irfanview. If you think
you might have the same preferences that I do, where it will never occur
that you will want to load any "flash crap" with your browser, then
perhaps you will want to take the same extreme strategy. Uninstall
Macromedia. The flash directives in html are consequently ignored
completely.

If, on the other hand, you think there might arise an occasion where
you want to keep the option, then it's back to your original question.
The MyIE2 folks might have something to put in, with its features there.

Or, another approach, what about categorically disallowing active-x in
your IE "internet" zone? Would that achieve the correct effect?

(With the no-active-x setting for default, you'd then put microsoft.com
and similar in your "trusted"/promiscuous zone for when you want to do
Windows Update etc.)
Click to expand...
 
AUWG said:
Is there a browser or an IE shell that will completely ignore
flash crap and/or prevent flash crap from loading?
I'm using Avant now and it stops only the display.
The flash crap still tries to download, which delays page loads.
Click to expand...

Just get FireFox and don't install the Flash plugin. Or do install
it, and use the "Flash Block" plugin:

http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/flashblock

It doesn't always have to be difficult :-)

Greetings,
Wald
 
Derald said:
I use Mozilla with the prefsbar add-on, which makes it easy to
toggle flash crap.
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Te moo. Eh, me too. Sure wish somebody would resume development of
Prefbar. It's the first one I install when I install a newer version
of Moz (I always do a clean install.)
 
Is there a browser or an IE shell that will completely ignore flash crap
and/or prevent flash crap from loading?
I'm using Avant now and it stops only the display.
The flash crap still tries to download, which delays page loads.
Thanks,
Ed Howdershelt - Abintra Press
Science Fiction and Semi-Fiction
Click to expand...


MyIE2 and probably other browser add-ons have a dedicated icon to toggle
Flash, ActiveX, music, and other annoyances on and off as you wish. Click
click gone.

Bob

Remove "kins" from address to reply.
 
Is there a browser or an IE shell that will completely ignore flash crap
and/or prevent flash crap from loading?
I'm using Avant now and it stops only the display.
The flash crap still tries to download, which delays page loads.
Click to expand...


http://www.geocities.jp/baryonlee/noflash/

No! flash works with IE explorer, free ware.

If you pay the guy, you get script/activex spyware blocking

I've been using it for a week, very sweet

--G
 
Wald said:
Just get FireFox and don't install the Flash plugin. Or do install
it, and use the "Flash Block" plugin:

http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/flashblock

It doesn't always have to be difficult :-)

Greetings,
Wald
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I would highly recommend this option -- the latest version of the
Flashblock plugin does a great job, replacing all Flash animations
with its own nice little play button -- not the big grey eyesore of
previous versions. Flash remains fully functional if you need it for
navigation or whatever, just click the play button and it starts
loading. Plus, with Firefox you get the added benefit that you won't
get those nasty "Install Gator?" popups anymore, and it has built-in
popup blocking.

At the risk of being cliche, "Two thumbs up, way up!"

Clint Olson
co-n-co at mochamail dot com
 
http://www.geocities.jp/baryonlee/noflash/
No! flash works with IE explorer, free ware.
If you pay the guy, you get script/activex spyware blocking
I've been using it for a week, very sweet
Click to expand...

Went there, got that.
Thanks to all who responded, I do appreciate it.
Ed Howdershelt - Abintra Press
Science Fiction and Semi-Fiction
http://abintrapress.tripod.com
Fictionwise: http://tinyurl.com/26v45
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