I can't promise I'll respond to all the messages I receive (dependingĪbout the author: Dennis Faas is the owner and operator of. Please email me with your question so that I can write more articles like If you have a computer question - or even a Got a Computer Question or Problem? Ask Dennis! The downside to the added flexibility of controlling Flash in this manner is that the plugin may fail to work at all on some sites, leaving you wondering 'Why isn't Flash working?' In that case, you may want to use suggestion #2, which is a much simpler approach to blocking and allowing Flash only when you explicitly say so. Whitelist specific websites, so you don't have to keep allowing an exception. Use a Flash Plugin to Help Control FlashĪnother option is to use a third party addon / plugin that can give you more control over Flash.įlash Control for Firefox (which is similar to ' FlashControl' for Google Chrome) which can allow certain parts of a website to run Flash content, rather than allowing the entire site to run Flash. Which is supported by most major browsers. In some instances, websites such as will still play videos without Flash installed - that's because YoutubeĬan also play videos using HTML5 instead of Flash, If you choose 'Ask to activate,' then your browser will block all Flash content outright, but you will also have the option to enable Flash content for specific websites (this is also known as ' whitelisting' a website). Next to the Options button you will see a button with a scroll down option that allows you to choose 'Always activate' or 'Ask to activate'. To do so in Firefox (for example): go into Tools -> Addons, then go to the Plugins on the left sub-menu and scroll down until you see Shockwave Flash. Optionally you can keep the Flash plugin installed, but set it to 'Ask to Activate'. This will prevent Flash from ever running on your system, but you will be prompted to download Flash for any website with Flash content. That Flash is eating too many resources, then you might want to uninstall FlashĬompletely. If you are concerned that Flash might compromise your system or if you think There are, however aįew alternatives in the way that you use Flash which you can try. That allows you to play Flash content (that I am aware of). Unfortunately there is currently no alternative to Flash on Windows systems If there is no alternative to Flash, and I block Flash entirely, how can I watch I'm also concerned that Flash is a major CPU hog which Is there an alternative to Adobe Flash? I just read John Lister's article ' Flash Blocked in Firefox over Security Risk,' and I'm

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