Lucky13
Forum Mascot
Where can download the latest one of the Adobe Flash Players, 10 something I think, without having to come across the bl**dy Active X thingy? The Adobe website keep asking to download the blasted thing and I bl**dy not want to! 
Adobe Flash Player....?
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B-17engineer
Colonel
Google wants you!
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Yea, I think you're stuck with that method unless you buy a copy on a CD.
RabidAlien
1st Lieutenant
Install ActiveX, install Adobe Flash, uninstall ActiveX.
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Of course Lucky, maybe that's what they want you to do......................................
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
......and report your every activity, thought and entire model kit inventory to Big Brother......
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
..........and then the little men in black suits come with a special jacket and haul you off to...........
Colin1
Senior Master Sergeant
Lucky
sorry to really p*ss you off but I've just been prompted with the upgrade.
Don't you just need to use it and the software will check for upgrades for you? No expert on the subject I hasten to add...
sorry to really p*ss you off but I've just been prompted with the upgrade.
Don't you just need to use it and the software will check for upgrades for you? No expert on the subject I hasten to add...
Catch22
Major
There's nothing wrong with ActiveX, you shouldn't be concerned about it.
Colin1
Senior Master Sergeant
Missed that
catch is right Lucky, in fact, your flash player won't run without ActiveX controls, nor will Java, Adobe Reader, Shockwave etc etc
They only need to be digitally signed, which they will be if they've come from Microsoft or Adobe flash/reader/shockwave (and Sunsystems for Java).
Thorlifter
Captain
Catch is correct. ActiveX is nothing to worry about and most programs require it now-a-days.
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Lucky13
Forum Mascot
There's some dudes, dressed in black suits outside, but I refuse to open the door....
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Colin1
Senior Master Sergeant
That'll be the ActiveX Police...
...you're gonna do time... be some butch, bald dude's bitch...
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Lucky13
Forum Mascot
Talking from experience mate?
Colin1
Senior Master Sergeant
Ah, not really, activeX is not supported in Firefox, which is the reason why FF is so much safer than IExplorer. ActiveX is well known for it's security problems and leave the port wide open for many mallware stuff.
Still Adobe, Shockwave and flash will work with FF. Java is a program language, used for cross-platform programs and will work on any OS, and no dependencies on ActiveX. I use Linux which doesn't support ActiveX and still works perfect for all websites except for the Microsoft pages.
Flash on linux is installed by "sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree", no ActiveX is used and I always have the latest version as it updates itself without harassing me 8)
Colin1
Senior Master Sergeant
Don't know about firefox, never felt the need to try it
I don't know the intricacies of Java but I'm pretty sure they do have dependencies - could be wrong there though, ActiveX has never been something I've felt the need to delve into any deeper than I have done