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Title: Google
Post by: Gerianne on August 29, 2015, 08:03:14 am

Google has announced that they are taking away a plugin in September. I would frequently get the message about shockwave not working on their browser. I saw the specific announcement and have left them again for the third time.

I thought browser companies were suppose to make their products user friendly. Opers has no operating plugins at all. I  am hunting for a browser that will play my jumble site. Adobe flash is a pain.

Title: Re: Google
Post by: lbeery on August 29, 2015, 08:32:41 am

Not really sure about this.  I use google all the time but have to switch to exploder for some things that won't work with google.  Sometimes I go to firefox and that seems to be pretty consistent.

Title: Re: Google
Post by: nmbrown863 on August 29, 2015, 09:48:53 am

I use firefox and get an error message all the time about shockwave crashing. It drives me crazy.

Title: Re: Google
Post by: fjaz1 on August 30, 2015, 01:13:22 am

Maybe use other apps or programs :thumbsup: 8)

Title: Re: Google
Post by: lhz123 on August 30, 2015, 07:41:00 am

Yes me to, I need to update always.

Title: Re: Google
Post by: sdenimandlace1 on August 30, 2015, 11:20:49 am

Some day I spend more time changing browsers then looking at anything on FC.

Title: Re: Google
Post by: LaTashaS28 on August 30, 2015, 08:54:57 pm

Oh really. I haven't heard of this yet

Title: Re: Google
Post by: champak97 on August 30, 2015, 09:05:29 pm

I did not know about this. I frequently switch between Google and Firefox.

Title: Re: Google
Post by: luvh8tragedy87 on August 30, 2015, 09:11:49 pm

I haven't had much experience with Chrome but use FF all the time. Once in a while I'll get a shockwave crash on FF. Don't really know what that's about since 98% of the time it works.

Title: Re: Google
Post by: svetka05 on August 30, 2015, 10:06:10 pm

I don't know about that. I guess this issue does not bother me. I love Google, I basically use itvfircall my searches that I completely egnore yahoo search engine.

Title: Re: Google
Post by: myfreebees316 on August 31, 2015, 08:00:48 am

funny thing about this all browsers are supposed to be user friendly till the browser company over complicates things and ad's and ad's  and ads more crap we don't need that will just lag us up when we try to go to our fav sites. It's almost like the sites that make the browsers are evil and working against us

Title: Re: Google
Post by: mjdoug03 on August 31, 2015, 08:07:39 am

I always have issues with plugins.

Title: Re: Google
Post by: BlackSheepNY on August 31, 2015, 01:10:58 pm

Quote from: Gerianne on August 29, 2015, 08:03:14 am

Google has announced that they are taking away a plugin in September. I would frequently get the message about shockwave not working on their browser. I saw the specific announcement and have left them again for the third time.

I thought browser companies were suppose to make their products user friendly. Opers has no operating plugins at all. I  am hunting for a browser that will play my jumble site. Adobe flash is a pain.

A LOT of browsers have problems with Adobe Flash.  It's the product, not your browser.  It's old and outdated (like 8-track tapes) and the world of technology is wanting to move away from Flash (effectively killing it off) in favor of HTML5.  The problem with Flash is that it doesn't work for Android or iOS users, and since the world has gone "mobile," Android and iOS users are a BIG part of the population.  HTML5 is much more mobile-friendly.

Here's a neat website to see how well your browser supports HTML5:  https://html5test.com/

Title: Re: Google
Post by: yikes77 on August 31, 2015, 01:20:19 pm

Ooh I better look into this as Google is my main browser.

Title: Re: Google
Post by: minioncookies on August 31, 2015, 10:04:20 pm

Eh google does what it wants I've just learned to go with the flow

Title: Re: Google
Post by: nickylanena on August 31, 2015, 10:18:05 pm

I have to re-install Adobe about every month, I feel. It's a pain.

Title: Re: Google
Post by: Getinonthis on August 31, 2015, 10:23:22 pm

I haven't heard of this update as yet but in the past, I have been having similar issues with flash.

Title: Re: Google
Post by: gaby_ro_2004 on September 01, 2015, 07:36:46 am

I have windows 8.1 and everything is new.I don't need to update manually so i can't help you.

Title: Re: Google
Post by: mrisha on September 01, 2015, 09:49:03 am

It seems as though I get an error message that my shockwave flash isn't working quite a lot.  I do not like it because it interrupts what you are doing.

Title: Re: Google
Post by: beatsdrop on September 01, 2015, 10:48:36 am

 I hate Flash. I hope that can go away soon.

Title: Re: Google
Post by: ljrjess69 on September 01, 2015, 01:10:19 pm

i heard about this also..........