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Comments on: Why can't they fix the Flash/Firefox bug?

When open-source and traditional software development collide, the result is not good.

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by flipicaneze August 28, 2008 11:48 AM PDT: I have this and yet another phenomenon, it plays the video and no sound. It seems to me that it happens when I have multiple FF3 windows up, especially when I have Yahoo! news video window up. I will close out all Firefox widows and then open up another Firefox window and things seem to go good again. But for me this has been happening since FF2.; Like this Reply to this comment


by wadah1111 August 28, 2008 11:56 AM PDT: Allright that is like kids playing a game or something? HEY mozilla , adobe (<<< notice no capital letters) stop playing around. listen to me you've got to fix this in any way I don't care how. just fix it or I'm gonna stop using firefox and adobe flash player all my life and start using IE or safari and watch only silverlight videos . you heard me better move fast.; Like this Reply to this comment

by LinuxRules August 28, 2008 1:09 PM PDT

This is all bull, any webmaker should only use Flash 7, that way, any computer and any flash player >7 will play the damn thing. Why OH Why is the a constant new flash out there to be upgraded to? What benefit is it to me to have flash 9, 10, or 11? Flash sucks because they are always making it 'better'.

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by Lerianis August 28, 2008 9:30 PM PDT: It is a benefit to you because Flash 8, 9 and 10 are much faster than Flash 7, and it fixed a bunch of problems and added a bunch of new features, not the least of which was getting rid of that limitation on the number of frames that Flash videos can have.; Like this


by SJ2571 August 28, 2008 2:11 PM PDT: If it's not reproducable, then there's no reason to expect a quick fix. Not Mozilla's fault.; Like this Reply to this comment

by tech_junky48 August 28, 2008 6:23 PM PDT

mine is a different problem:

Here on CNET, with FF3 and flash, and with FF2 as well, only 1-3 videos will play on CNET TV. After that, there is an error message: your video is loading, please wait. It never starts, no matter how long I wait. I end up having to refresh my page, which brings me back to the CNET TV homepage. This is very annoying when trying to look at a series of videos.

I only experience this problem with firefox, not IE.

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by Lerianis August 28, 2008 9:32 PM PDT: This is a problem when you have Ad-Block installed. You have to turn that off and actually WATCH the ads on this site. Really, I have just gotten rid of Ad-Block. Most website developers have gotten very good about designing their websites so that the ads they run are not intrusive anymore, so I just watch them and go.; Like this


by tech_junky48 August 29, 2008 2:41 PM PDT: Thanks for the help; Like this


by mhinnewyork August 28, 2008 6:27 PM PDT: This isn't the only issue between Flash and Firefox 3. If you don't have the Flash player installed, the auto-detection and auto-install works in Firefox v2 but not in Firefox v3. I wrote about this two months ago
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13554_3-9975202-33.html

In addition, Adobe does not seem to have a great understanding of Firefox plugins. I have seen their Flash uninstaller leave behind copies of Flash that Firefox continued to find and use.; Like this Reply to this comment


by rickster August 28, 2008 6:54 PM PDT: Doesn't surprise me that Flash is in the news again! I'm not a programmer but I know enough that when it was suggested that I upgrade my old version of Flash7 to Flash9.something for Internet Explorer, boy, what a pain in the ass! Adobe thinks it's always someone else's problem or it's the user's problem. If the user can't fix it, it the user's problem and they wash their hands. I don't foresee this bug being resolved by Adobe...Finally switched to Firefox and the problem is gone.; Like this Reply to this comment


by 2008Joshua August 29, 2008 2:02 AM PDT: I have a problem, i have the normal internet (not IE7) and when ever i want to install this flash 9 it wont let me

Help me; Like this Reply to this comment


by Zorben August 29, 2008 2:04 AM PDT: I have had no problems with Flash 9 under Ubuntu 8.04 Linux using Firefox 3. So it very well could be a problem with Windows and Firefox 3. The solution? Switch to Linux folks :); Like this Reply to this comment


by umbrae August 29, 2008 6:53 AM PDT: I have Firefox 3 and Flash 9 on 7 machines, and have not had a problem with any one of them. I only use 4 extensions (NoScript, CS Lite, AdBlock Plus and Firebug). I am sure that if this is isolated to FF it is a extension problem.; Like this Reply to this comment


by bilditup1 August 29, 2008 8:47 AM PDT: I actually experienced this a couple of days back on my desktop and again today on my laptop. Glad nothing is wrong with my machines, but for a bug to stand that long is unconscionable.
The only common denominator in terms of plugins is Gmail Notifier, so I doubt it's a third party problem.; Like this Reply to this comment


by adkiller2k7 August 29, 2008 8:47 AM PDT: Firefox 3.1a2 works fine with flash 10, haven't noticed any problems; Like this Reply to this comment


by byter August 29, 2008 9:07 AM PDT: I have the perfect solution, get rid of adobe crap like pdf and flash.; Like this Reply to this comment


by flashster August 29, 2008 1:47 PM PDT: I'm having the same problem but I'm using Firefox 2 and it started up after I updated adobe.
Is there a fix for me?; Like this Reply to this comment


by wrcopsey August 29, 2008 3:10 PM PDT: I had the Flash/Firefox bug until I followed CNet's advice and updated to the version 10 beta. But now, with Firefox 3 and Flash 10, Firefox randomly crashes on me when I'm on some pages with Flash. It seems usually to happen when I'm on a page with Flash and use the ALT-left arrow shortcut to go back one page, although it's happened at other times. Am I the only one this is happening to? I have no idea if it's Firefox 3 or Flash 10. Anyone ... anyone...?; Like this Reply to this comment


by rclose11 August 29, 2008 7:07 PM PDT: well there's always the poor relation.. seamonkey... that works; Like this Reply to this comment


by hatfield75 August 29, 2008 9:15 PM PDT: I have the same problem, The best cure I have found is to open in an IE Tab.; Like this Reply to this comment


by mrg2001 August 30, 2008 7:29 AM PDT: I'm also experiencing this problem but guess what, not with Firefox but with IE 7. When I try to watch a video the page tells me I need Flash player but it is already installed!! And re-installing it doesn't fix the problem. I experienced this problem with Firefox in the past but now is with IE 7.; Like this Reply to this comment


by La reina August 30, 2008 1:49 PM PDT: I had to watch the CNN stream on Safari! Harumph! Won't work on my Firefox 3. Dang.; Like this Reply to this comment


by tomsaine August 30, 2008 1:55 PM PDT: In my opinion Firefox need not fix anything - I believe a better idea would be to ban Flash from web pages entirely - It serves very little purpose except to widen bandwidth and slow everything down. Scrap it, it's junk!; Like this Reply to this comment