"An update for Flash is available"

[Lost User]

I read the line, I thought of the joke, I eagerly clicked on every thread below hoping no-one had got there first, then refreshed to make sure no-one had got in whilst I was checking. Christ I'm sad.

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

[Vasudevan Deepak Kumar]

It is a necessary devil. But no longer in my homecomputer. I have killed Windows and now using Ubuntu.

Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage
Tech Gossips
The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep!

[Vasudevan Deepak Kumar]

With Chrome we are liberated from that Adobe reader plugin because it renders PDF inline. Google Chrome should endeavor a native rendered for Shockwave Movies too.

Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage
Tech Gossips
The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep!

[Dave Kreskowiak]

Yep! Same with Adobe Reader too. They're getting to be more annoying than Microsoft's Patch Tuesday.

A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^]
Dave Kreskowiak

[Single Step Debugger]

Because of these annoying updates I totally removed any Java or Adobe things from my home computer. Windows has two yellow cards… :-D

There is only one Ashley Judd and Salma Hayek is her prophet! Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.

[Soulus83]

Chris Maunder wrote:

a new version of flash is available every single time I reboot my machine?

Yes, we all noticed it, so please stop rebooting your machine! We are tired of having to deny them when we reboot our owns! --------------- imagine that this situation was true, we'll be getting a flash update every...oh d@Mn!

"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--either way, you are right." — Henry Ford

[Henry Minute]

Then you need this[^].

Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

[SimulationofSai]

I'll need several pots of coffee before I get around to implementing that. :-D Hilarious. :laugh:

SG Aham Brahmasmi!

[Dan Neely]

The worst part is that the java updater needs to elevate just to check for a new version, instead of only doing so when it's time to install it.:mad:

3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

[Stefan_Lang]

I don't have a problem with alerts showing. I mean they do, but I don't care all that much when or how often an update is benig installed, as long as that installation doesn't disrupt me or my work. But that it does! I do have a problem that every serious site suggests we should be updating regularly to avoid nasty hacks, but when I do install an update, I am asked to agree to Adobes terms and agreements. I once actually read them and decided these regulations are an abomination, and nobody should be forced to 'agree' to them just to make a product save from external abuse! In fact I am fairly certain that the way these 'agreements' are formulated is illegal in some countries. I really would like to prevent having to sign these 'agreements' over and over again, but since the alternative is to run a possibly unsafe application I really see no way short of deinstalling flash from my PC. Why is it even necessary to comfirm an 'agreement' for every single update, assuming that the original product already came with one? On a similar note, why do games designed for being played by underaged, require reading and agreeing to multiple pages of legalise that even an actual advocate would have a hard time to dig through? And why do these games, too, repeatedly require these 'agreements' with every single update?

[Doug Henderson]

I don't (any more). One of Adobe's products attempted to install some 3rd party software recently, without asking my permission. I removed all Adobe software immediately, including Flash, Acrobat Reader, and Adobe download manager. Never shall those products annoy me with an update notice again.

[Battlehammer]

Now that you mention it, I am getting Adobe updates almost everyday on my Windows XP at home. Haven't gotten any recently on my Vista at work though.

[BC3Tech]

deinstall? are you by chance an Oracle user? :)

[kungFuCrab]

And the F***ing short cut that comes with the Adobe update. Why the hell would I need a shortcut to your flippin reader!!!:mad:

[NormDroid]

BC3Tech wrote:

are you by chance an Oracle user?

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Why on gods earth would I touch that crap X|

Software Kinetics - The home of good software

[Chris Losinger]

yes! i hate that.

image processing toolkits | batch image processing

[Gary Wheeler]

Yup.

Software Zen: delete this;

[djdanlib 0]

Agreed that it stinks, but if those were end-user desktops, they are just going to re-install it as soon as a website demands it. If only Adobe and MS would play nicer, and make it easier to get third-party updates into a WSUS instance....

[kmoorevs]

I was just going to post a similar comment. I don't mind the updates so much as the fact that every time I let the Adobe Reader update, it puts another shortcut icon on my desktop! I have absolutely no use for a shortcut to Acrobat Reader, and really can't think of a reason for Adobe to insist on putting one out on my desktop without even asking, except for advertising. And while we're on the subject, what's up with this AIR product? I found absolutely no use for it, and got rid of it quickly.

"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse

[Steve Mayfield]

I'm nervously waiting to see what they do when it comes time to update Flash10z.ocx

Steve _________________ I C(++) therefore I am