Comment Re: screening Flash - on a Mac, of course (Score 1) 529
Hey! On a Mac, (on G4Ti, 9.2.2, IE 5.1.6, SF 6.0 r79, anyway) well, it occurred to me, this is a Player, I control-clicked on some Flash, a Contextual Menu opened, I chose Settings, and lo and behold, a teeny-weeny window opened (yes, I said teeny-weeny) with so many options you never knew you had, gosh, it was almost too much.
Buttons -- cute, little ones -- Allow or Deny site access to your Camera and Microphone. An adorable little slider sizes, ahem, how much Òstorage spaceÒ you want to give the site, this time, next time, or even Never. That's not an option I see alot, Never.
But wait! There's more! Choose Advanced to be whisked away to Macromedia's hidden treasure-site, Flash Player Settings Manager! Who knew!
Where you will find the Settings Manager panel, offering you Global, I said Global, Privacy and Storage settings, Website Privacy, and Website Storage settings. http://www.macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/help /settings/global_privacy.html
What does it all mean? You are the boss of your own plug-in! And here you thought it was the other way 'round. Why Macromedia would do this, I personally don't know, must be a federal lawÑ-but now my Shockwave Flash plug-in must tell every website I ever visit, for all of time and space, "No you can't keep your crap on my hard disk, fool.Ò And I have told it, in no uncertain terms, ÒDon't you ever, ever ask me again.Ò
I don't know, maybe I'm overreacting here, but this is pretty heady stuff.
Buttons -- cute, little ones -- Allow or Deny site access to your Camera and Microphone. An adorable little slider sizes, ahem, how much Òstorage spaceÒ you want to give the site, this time, next time, or even Never. That's not an option I see alot, Never.
But wait! There's more! Choose Advanced to be whisked away to Macromedia's hidden treasure-site, Flash Player Settings Manager! Who knew!
Where you will find the Settings Manager panel, offering you Global, I said Global, Privacy and Storage settings, Website Privacy, and Website Storage settings. http://www.macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/hel
What does it all mean? You are the boss of your own plug-in! And here you thought it was the other way 'round. Why Macromedia would do this, I personally don't know, must be a federal lawÑ-but now my Shockwave Flash plug-in must tell every website I ever visit, for all of time and space, "No you can't keep your crap on my hard disk, fool.Ò And I have told it, in no uncertain terms, ÒDon't you ever, ever ask me again.Ò
I don't know, maybe I'm overreacting here, but this is pretty heady stuff.
