[gui-talk] Updating Adobe Flash Player

[Bud Schwab]

Thanks for the info on Ninite.  I did get it and download it with no 
problem.  The concept sounds great.  I did install it but don't know 
what to do next.  How do I get it to know what I have that needs 
updating?  , it looks great if I can only figure out what to do next.
Thanks.

Bud
At 04:00 PM 12/8/2013, you wrote:
>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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