{"id":480644,"date":"2010-03-27T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-28T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tech-news\/block-flash-animations-in-google-chrome-browser.html"},"modified":"2010-04-27T11:33:47","modified_gmt":"2010-04-27T15:33:47","slug":"block-flash-animations-in-google-chrome-browser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/480644","title":{"rendered":"Block Flash Animations in Google Chrome Browser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, I decided to look for a Flash blocking extension for the Chrome web browser. One of the web sites that I visit frequently had decided to add a very loud flash advertisement. I couldn\u2019t turn it off or ignore it.<\/p>\n<p>I went to the Chrome Extension Gallery and I found a very good flash blocking extension. It\u2019s called FlashBlock.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cache.techie-buzz.com\/images\/postimg\/BlockFlashAnimationsinGoogleChromeBrowse_1276F\/flashblockextgallery.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border: 0px;\" title=\"flashblock-ext-gallery\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.techie-buzz.com\/images\/postimg\/BlockFlashAnimationsinGoogleChromeBrowse_1276F\/flashblockextgallery_thumb.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"flashblock-ext-gallery\" width=\"523\" height=\"158\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/extensions\/detail\/gofhjkjmkpinhpoiabjplobcaignabnl\" >Go here to install FlashBlock<\/a><\/p>\n<p>How does it work?<\/p>\n<p>Once installed, Flash animations will show as a grayed out icon in your browser window. To view them, just click on them once.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cache.techie-buzz.com\/images\/postimg\/BlockFlashAnimationsinGoogleChromeBrowse_1276F\/FlashBlocked.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border: 0px;\" title=\"FlashBlocked\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.techie-buzz.com\/images\/postimg\/BlockFlashAnimationsinGoogleChromeBrowse_1276F\/FlashBlocked_thumb.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"FlashBlocked\" width=\"253\" height=\"119\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll also see a little Flash icon up in the browser\u2019s address bar. You can click on the little icon to add sites to a list of sites that you don\u2019t want to block Flash on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cache.techie-buzz.com\/images\/postimg\/BlockFlashAnimationsinGoogleChromeBrowse_1276F\/flashblockallow.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border: 0px;\" title=\"flashblock-allow\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.techie-buzz.com\/images\/postimg\/BlockFlashAnimationsinGoogleChromeBrowse_1276F\/flashblockallow_thumb.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"flashblock-allow\" width=\"242\" height=\"155\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Chrome web browser is now my default web browser. I made the decision based on speed and also on security. Take a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/browsers\/pwn2own-hackfest-only-chrome-survives-day-one.html\" >Chinmoy\u2019s post here about the Pwn2Own contest<\/a>, in which Google Chrome was the only browser that was not hacked. Since <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scroogle.org\/cgi-bin\/nbbw.cgi?Gw=flash%20vulnerabilities%20exploits\" >Adobe Flash is a big source of security exploits<\/a>, blocking all Flash by default is also a good security measure.<\/p>\n<p>Are you using some other web browser?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Firefox: <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/433\" >FlashBlock addon<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Opera browser: <a href=\"http:\/\/my.opera.com\/Lex1\/blog\/flashblock-for-opera-9\" >Flashblock for Opera<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Internet Explorer: No addons \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ehow.com\/how_4465271_disable-flash-ads-internet-explorer.html\" >but here\u2019s a HowTo<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Safari Browser: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scroogle.org\/cgi-bin\/nbbw.cgi?Gw=safari+flashblock&amp;n=5\" >There might be something here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You will be ready to surf faster and safer by using a Flash blocking addon. 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