[gui-talk] Updating Adobe Flash Player

[Jude DaShiell]

Over here, that's not an option.  The one computer with a windows 7 
system on it I consider experimental and if it gets trashed with 
malware, I know where my dban disk is and how to wipe the hard drive.  
After that, I probably install arch linux on it rather than Windows.

On Mon, 9 Dec 2013, Ted Shelly wrote:

> Ok, thanks.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gerald Levy
> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 3:47 AM
> To: Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Updating Adobe Flash Player
> 
> 
> For your information, Adobe Flash Player has not been available for download
> 
> on the Ninite site for a few months, so the only option is to download it 
> from the Adobe site.
> 
> Gerald
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel at shellworld.net>
> To: "Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List" 
> <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2013 7:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Updating Adobe Flash Player
> 
> 
> > It's never a good idea to use the adobe website to update software.
> > Your better option is to use http://www.ninite.com/ and that will
> > download an appropriate installer for your hardware and software.  You
> > run the installer and ninite.com installs the adobe products for you
> > without all that extra garbage.  That's how ninite.com installs
> > everything that's available on ninite.com and if you buy the pro
> > version, ninite.com will check the manufacturer's sites for you and let
> > you know when it's time to install the next updates.  I'm surprised
> > ninite.com isn't known about and used more widely on those other blind
> > tech lists.  I don't even want to write about adobe reader with jaws 10,
> > but that ninite.com site is well worth a visit.
> >
> > On Sun, 8 Dec 2013, David Andrews wrote:
> >
> >> I have forwarded your message to several influencial people within the 
> >> NFB.
> >> Adobe, in my opinion is one of the worst main-line companies out there, 
> >> in my
> >> opinion.  In addition to the kinds of things you mention below, many of 
> >> their
> >> tools for producing PDF's do a terrible job at producing accessible 
> >> documents.
> >>
> >> Dave
> >>
> >> At 04:59 PM 12/5/2013, you wrote:
> >>
> >> >There has been a lot of discussion over the past few days on a few blind
> >> >tech-related mailing lists about the difficulty of updating Adobe Flash
> >> >Player without also installing unwanted software such as Google Chrome 
> >> >and
> >> >Tool Bar as well as McAfee Security Scan Plus.  A lot of people have 
> >> >been
> >> >complaining that the check boxes on the Flash Player download page to
> >> >unselect the installation of Google Chrome or McAfee Security Scan Plus,
> >> >which are checked by default are either totally inaccessible  or 
> >> >uncheckable
> >> >, regardless of which screen reader is used.  Other people have reported
> 
> >> >that
> >> >the Adobe web site is so inaccessible, that they can't install Flash 
> >> >Player
> >> >at all without sighted help.  This is not an insignificant problem, in 
> >> >view
> >> >of the fact that updates to Flash Player are released pretty frequently 
> >> >and
> >> >need to be installed to patch security flaws in this highly-vulnerable
> >> >program, which is used by many web sites, including the popular 
> >> >Youtube.com.
> >> >Can anything be done to force Adobe to make the download page for Flash
> >> >Player more accessible for us blind computer users.  Must we be forced 
> >> >to
> >> >install unwanted software because there is no accessible means of 
> >> >unselecting
> >> >it?  Is there anything the NFB can do , such as taking legal action 
> >> >against
> >> >Adobe to force it to make its Flash Player web site more blind friendly?
> >> >Thanks for any feedback.
> >> >
> >> >Gerald
> >>
> >>
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