Firefox browser and Flash

[theread]

I am not a great lover of Flash use on the internet so the fact that it is not automatically included in Firefox doesn't unduly bother me, especially when I think of the download time I save with my s_l_o_w.... connection. I am curious however as to why it is not automatically included with the browser on installation, given that the use of flash is so widespread these days.

Cheers

Roy

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Re: Firefox browser and Flash

Well, you might want to ask Mozilla about that : D
But it's worth saying that, Mozilla Firefox is an Open-Source browser, while Adobe's flash player & shock wave might not be, so there you go.

[marshallbanana]

Re: Firefox browser and Flash

I imagine it is legal reasons around flash being a proprietary product of adobe.
That said when you first visit a site using flash in firefox it prompts you to install it with a simple click so you can't get much easier than that.