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Flashblock for Camino
The "Click To Play" as described here requires the browser to connect to and download from floppymoose.com for the flash blocking.
Depending on the speed of your network connection, and your browser settings - this can slow your browsing. In addition, you are depending on that server to be up and that file to be in that location - which you cannot control. Also, that site could be blocked by corporate filters and such... Which is why I took the effort to figure out how to install Flashblock in Camino. It is a 100% local solution. (Rob mentioned it in the addendum to the hint). Both solutions work as advertised, I just didn't like adding another network connection and download for each Flash that was loaded... And the file cannot be installed locally due to a bug in Mozilla... This is all discussed in the comments for that other hint....
Flashblock for Camino
You can point to a local copy of the file, but you have to turn on Apache and use a http://localhost uri. You can't load if from file:// uri, though. (bug 20410)
Flashblock for Camino
That's not pointing to a local copy of the file. That is pointing to a local webserver. And I mention that in the comments in the other article. If you want to run Apache - that is fine. And many people do run apache. But it would be a waste to run Apache JUST FOR THIS.
Not to mention the security implications of running Apache, there is processor usage (battery usage for laptops) and other reasons that would be a waste...
Flashblock for Camino
After a request is completed, Apache's four threads on my laptop are each using 0% of my CPU according to Activity Monitor. It's using a little RAM, but that isn't going to affect my iBook's battery life in any significant way. |
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