OK, so Steve Jobs has been on a real Anti-Flash crusade for a couple of years now, at least since the release of the first iPhone. But although a web without Flash might be a good thing it hasn't arrived yet. There are still many pages that depend heavily on Flash and without it the page may be rendered useless. But most of the time Flash is used for annoying pup-up ads and for features of a web page you may not be interested in using. This slows down your internet connection unnecessarily and wasts download bandwidth. according to Apple, Flash is also the most common cause of crashes on the Mac.
So wouldn't it be great if you could block Flash from loading and only enable it when you needed it, and only for the specific features of the page you wanted to use, leaving the ads blocked? Well the great news is you can. There are ad-ons available for both Safari and Firefox that allow you to block Flash content. They will even add a place holder on the page where the Flash content is located such as a video or page menu and allow you to enable the Flash content simply by clicking on it.
All you need to do is download and install the plugin below for your specific browser and you'll only have to deal with Flash when absolutely necessary.
ClickToFlash (Safari)
Flashblock (Firefox)
So wouldn't it be great if you could block Flash from loading and only enable it when you needed it, and only for the specific features of the page you wanted to use, leaving the ads blocked? Well the great news is you can. There are ad-ons available for both Safari and Firefox that allow you to block Flash content. They will even add a place holder on the page where the Flash content is located such as a video or page menu and allow you to enable the Flash content simply by clicking on it.
All you need to do is download and install the plugin below for your specific browser and you'll only have to deal with Flash when absolutely necessary.
ClickToFlash (Safari)
Flashblock (Firefox)
