Chrome and Flash
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This document discusses Chrome blocking Flash by default due to security and processing concerns. It provides instructions for allowing Flash on specific sites like Wixie and OneMoreStory. To do so, users control-click a Flash error, go to Settings > Advanced > Content Settings, and add the sites to the "Allow" list to enable Flash for just those sites. The document warns that some sites require the specific URL rather than using a wildcard domain exception.
![© 2017 - Chris Casal - @mr_casal & @heathcotetech
Chrome will now run Flash
● In the Allow section you can
list the URL or you can
whitelist the entire domain by
adding [*.] before the address
○ ie: [*.]onemorestory.com
● Caveat being, some sites are
so finicky they want specific
URLs listed, and the [*.]
doesn’t always work…
because Flash...](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/chromeandflash-171216211438/85/Chrome-and-Flash-17-320.jpg)
Chrome and Flash
- 1. © 2017 - Chris Casal - @mr_casal & @heathcotetech Chrome and Flash Chris Casal @mr_casal blog.mrcasal.com
- 2. © 2017 - Chris Casal - @mr_casal & @heathcotetech The problem with Flash ● Flash is processor intensive ○ Can bog down browsers and machines ● Prone to malware and virus attacks ● Constant updates ○ Sometimes as many as 2x a month ● Flash use to be an industry standard but due to persistent, and recurring, security flaws as well as better technology allowing for high quality graphics with less processing power, Flash is going away forever in 2020.
- 3. © 2017 - Chris Casal - @mr_casal & @heathcotetech Chrome blocks Flash by default Due to security concerns and Flash’s processing and power hoarding, Chrome won’t automatically run Flash on websites
- 4. © 2017 - Chris Casal - @mr_casal & @heathcotetech Some common Flash errors These are 4 common errors you will see when accessing a site requiring Flash...
- 5. © 2017 - Chris Casal - @mr_casal & @heathcotetech To allow Flash to run... ● For this error you can do as asked… ○ Control-click to run Flash ● This will only run it during this session, it will not allow it every time you come to the website after
- 6. © 2017 - Chris Casal - @mr_casal & @heathcotetech To allow Flash to run... ● When you control-click on the Flash error, this pop up appears on the right side of your address bar… ● Clicking Done will allow Flash to run that session ● Click “Manage plugin blocking” will allow you to set future permissions
- 7. © 2017 - Chris Casal - @mr_casal & @heathcotetech Wixie and Flash... ● The first time a student logs in to Wixie you might get this instead of the Projects gallery to a blank canvas ● Click “Get Flash”
- 8. © 2017 - Chris Casal - @mr_casal & @heathcotetech Wixie and Flash... After you click “Get Flash” this pop-up will appear in the top left of the browser window Click “Allow”
- 9. © 2017 - Chris Casal - @mr_casal & @heathcotetech OneMoreStory and Flash... ● With this particular error, the site One More Story gives explicit instructions… ● In Settings->Content add an exception for “www.onemorestory.com” ○ Ignore their direction about “*.onemorestory.com”
- 10. © 2017 - Chris Casal - @mr_casal & @heathcotetech So, let’s go to Settings...
- 11. © 2017 - Chris Casal - @mr_casal & @heathcotetech Settings ● Top right corner of your browser window ● Tap the 3 dot menu ● Choose “Settings”
- 12. © 2017 - Chris Casal - @mr_casal & @heathcotetech Settings -> Advanced Scroll down the Settings Look for the “Advanced” section Click the “Advanced” arrow to show more settings
- 13. © 2017 - Chris Casal - @mr_casal & @heathcotetech Advanced -> Content ● Once Advanced expands scroll down ● Click the “Content Settings’” box
- 14. © 2017 - Chris Casal - @mr_casal & @heathcotetech Content Settings ● The Flash setting is in the middle of Content Settings ● It will say “Ask first” or “Block site from running Flash” or “Only important content” ○ Even if it says “Allow” it is good to ensure the site you use it specifically listed as an allowed site ● Tap the arrow to access the Flash settings
- 15. © 2017 - Chris Casal - @mr_casal & @heathcotetech Flash ● You can toggle on “Allow sites to run Flash” and decide if you want it to be automatic or if you want Chrome to “Ask first” ● You can ADD to the Block list ● You can ADD to the Allow list
- 16. © 2017 - Chris Casal - @mr_casal & @heathcotetech Chrome will now run Flash ● Chrome will now “Allow sites to run Flash” ○ You may get a pop-up asking for permission to run if the site isn’t a listed exception ● If you plan on going to certain site regularly, like Wixie or OneMoreStory, it is recommended you add them as specific exceptions in the Allow section
- 17. © 2017 - Chris Casal - @mr_casal & @heathcotetech Chrome will now run Flash ● In the Allow section you can list the URL or you can whitelist the entire domain by adding [*.] before the address ○ ie: [*.]onemorestory.com ● Caveat being, some sites are so finicky they want specific URLs listed, and the [*.] doesn’t always work… because Flash...
- 18. Contact Chris Casal ccasal@scarsdaleschools.org @mr_casal @HeathcoteTech blogs.scarsdaleschools.org/heathcotetech blog.mrcasal.com © 2017 - Chris Casal - @mr_casal
- 19. © 2017 - Chris Casal - @mr_casal & @heathcotetech Created by Chris Casal purveyor of geekery Heathcote School @mr_casal