@Monarky Active X is the major culprit of Web Security and that's according to Ed's own posted numbers (though from last year).
But have any of you bothered to check what has changed in FLASH Security in Version 10.1? No... you don't want to have to admit Adobe is doing something better about Security than any of it's competitors (Microsoft). Not that there is any real competitor for what it can do. How secure is Silverlight? How secure is HTML5? Well we don't know yet on HTML5. But for video there isn't a browser player out of beta yet and they lack control and ability to view in full screen on YouTube.
But now in YouTube's new FLASH Player we have access to new menu features.
You can right/click on FLASH content and go to it's new settings panel. Now also now on YouTube, when you R/click on a video, you have a whole list of options too; Report playback issue, Take Speed Test, Stop Download, Copy Embed HTML, Show Video Info, Copy Debug Info, Settings and then About Adobe FLASH PLAYER 10. With advanced settings under 2nd of 5 tabs in Mini Settings Panel is advanced settings w/ advanced security controls tab). This will also be on mobile devices w/ FLASH 10.1 including the Evo in June!
Yes.... there is improved Security in FLASH 10.1 (which Ed Bott can no longer complain about)! ....and with proper hardware, you have ACCELERATION that makes a dramatic difference in how FLASH plays on these devices that support it!!!
BTW.... I just want to point out; that FLASH relative to the number of devices and platforms it runs on and the massive content provided on the web, actually has a better success rate than you could ever imagine. Think about it!.... you are continually faced with FLASH content and if you have it installed, many times you don't even realize it's there. You only notice when it acts up and that most of the time isn't even the player's fault! ...it's with content providers or YOU having too many tabs open, etc!
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