[gui-talk] Adobe Flash

[Steve Jacobson]

Mike,

I think that Adobe has been changing there update procedures some over time which is why it is hard to know what 
to expect.  There were a couple of updates where I was directed to their download website and that was where I got 
Google Chrome and also the Google Tool Bar, and realized after the fact I needed to uncheck certain boxes to avoid 
that.  However, the latest updates didn't seem to require that for me, either.  

Having said that, though, I do share the frustrations that many feel regarding adobe.  They seem to be tinkering 
with their update delivery system regularly, sometimes including other software and sometimes not.  I do not 
consider FLASH or Adobe Acrobat Reader to be free software in the usual sense because they have to get these 
applications distributed widely in order that they can sell to developers.  Much of the reason for their updates 
is to fix bugs and plug security holes that they left in these products.  This is a problem not unique to adobe, 
but my point is that installation of updates should be as painless as possible.  If they are finally getting the 
idea, great, but it shouldn't take until version 11 or 12 to figure that out, so I am not convinced that things 
won't again change for the wors with the next update.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 08:38:46 -0800, Mike Freeman wrote:

>I was notified this morning that an update to Adobe Flash was available. I
>checked using both JAWS 15 and the latest NVDA release and, other than a
>button to indicate that I had read and agreed to the software licensing
>agreement, I could find no checkboxes or other controls indicating that
>special software was being installed. With trepidation, I hit the "Install"
>button and the software installed without incident. I then used both JAWS
>and NVDA to check for weird or special icons and could find none. I then
>went to "Add or Remove Programs" and could find no unwanted toolbars or
>browsers such as Google Chrome installed.

> 

>So unless some untoward behavior shows up during the next few days, it seems
>to me that Adobe must have heard from a plethora of computer users that said
>users had had enough and that they wanted a complete, clean Flash
>update/installation.

> 

>I'm using Windows 7 Home Premium.

> 

>Mike

> 

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