Why is there special treatment for Macromedia?

[Greg R]

And now that broadband is much more widely available I'm not so opposed to
pages with all that animation...Of course the ads I could do without!

I agree with Phil. However, I could do without the ads.

I thought at one time Macromedia didn't allow ads to be used in
shockwave or flash.


Michael,

Not everybody has a direct connection. I have dial-up.
I am only paying $13.95 U.S. Dollars for internet access.

One thing I would like to disable. Is those annoying flashing ads.
It distracts what you are reading

Greg R

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP\)]

If you read through this thread, methods of shutting them off have been
posted.

 

[Trent©]

This has been bugging me for a few years now:

What the heck makes Macromedia so special such that PC users are
PROHIBITED from uninstalling or disabling it? The goddamn thing is
practically an adware virus, IMHO.

I totally agree. I have not...and will not...install it.

Once it's installed in a computer,
it constantly hijacks your computer without permission. You cannot
disable it without hacking into the registry.

There's a utility you can get from the Macromedia site that will
uninstall it. If they were not ashamed of their product, they'd put
this option in Add/Remove Programs.

9 times out of 10, it
is only used for annoying advertisements that waste your internet
bandwidth and your time, as you sit there being forced to sit through
the entire advertisement. Not "stop" or "close" button, sorry! It's
not uncommon for mainstream macromedia ads even maliciously follows
you around as you try to scroll past it.

With the proper firewall, you can completely block its nagging.

Macromedia is just about the most malicious software that hasn't been
classified as a virus yet. I really don't give a rat's ass if
Macromedia manages to be genuinely useful in 1 out of 10 instances,
because it's goddamn annoying in those *other* 9 instances.

I don't understand why Webmasters don't understand this.

As an aside...my weekend project is to put a piece of cardboard across
the bottom of my TV screen...to block those banners! It seems almost
every channel is goin' to that now...just as annoying as Macromedia.

And the thing that irks me about Macromedia is that there's no
"official" way to either disable, or uninstall, it from Windows. What
the heck makes Macrodemia so special that makes them enjoy this
special treatment from Microsoft Windows? Seriously?!? 99.99% of
programs I install into windows can be uninstalled. Why the special
treatment for Macromedia?

And I feel the same way about Java2. Why can't the icon be removed
from the taskbar? I removed it...just because of the icon. And I
stay away from sites that need Java2.


Have a nice one...

Trent

Budweiser: Helping ugly people have sex since 1876!

 

[Trent©]

One thing I would like to disable. Is those annoying flashing ads.
It distracts what you are reading

A good firewall program can do that.

I don't ever see any of that junk...especially any repeating stuff.
Its really interesting when I let that stuff through every now and
again...just to see what I'm missing! lol

NOT!!


Have a nice one...

Trent

Budweiser: Helping ugly people have sex since 1876!

 

[Greg R]

If you read through this thread, methods of shutting them off have been
posted.

Michael.
You can not shut them off if you want to view shockwave and flash.

I not just talking about the shockwave and flash ads. I talking
about all type of ads that flash. Alot of those ads don't use
shockwave or flash. I don't mind ads. But they don't need to flash
on and off.


Greg R

 

[Greg R]

Bad News Trent,
You going to need Sun Java by the time Microsoft quits supporting
Msjava.

Greg R

 

[Trent©]

Michael.
You can not shut them off if you want to view shockwave and flash.

I not just talking about the shockwave and flash ads. I talking
about all type of ads that flash. Alot of those ads don't use
shockwave or flash. I don't mind ads. But they don't need to flash
on and off.

You can shut off a particular ad, Greg. All you need to do is put the
address for that ad into your firewall...and block it...or block a
series at the same address/location.


Have a nice one...

Trent

Budweiser: Helping ugly people have sex since 1876!

 

[Trent©]

Bad News Trent,
You going to need Sun Java by the time Microsoft quits supporting
Msjava.

Need?


Have a nice one...

Trent

Budweiser: Helping ugly people have sex since 1876!