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On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 09:23:29AM +0100, Tom Potts wrote: > It is really worth considering whether you need Flash at all? Most of > the money spent on computing these days seems to go on proprietary ways > of re-inventing the wheel, and locking in their data at the same time. > Could you do the same in a set of HTML pages? This makes the content > 'open' and reusable, reduces the risk of the recipients computer being > infected and generally reduces computer/network requirements. I have yet > to see a flash 'presentation' that is anywhere near 'accessible' > (http://www.w3.org/WAI/) > SVG is potentially 'well cool' but there are accessibility problems > associated with it and a lot of browsers need a plug-in. > But most Flash seems to be like modern telly - all style and no content! > One reason I use Firefox is so I can turn Flash off and I generally > never turn it on. If only I could work out a way of preventing it even > downloading it.... > You have the Flashblock extension? Ever since I installed that along with noscript, life has become a bit easier.
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