Comments on: Macromedia Madness – Flash gets cement shoes? http://blog.ewanscorner.com/2005/03/macromedia-madness-flash-gets-cement-shoes/ Sporadically blogging since 2003 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:09:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Flaunt It http://blog.ewanscorner.com/2005/03/macromedia-madness-flash-gets-cement-shoes/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Flaunt It Fri, 04 Mar 2005 22:40:16 +0000 http://blog.ewanscorner.com/?p=204#comment-86 <strong>A Glimpse Of The Future?</strong> The current Yahoo Toolbar debacle gives me serious concerns about the future for the distribution of the Flash Player. I've been happy to see the development of the Flash player remain under the control of Macromedia - if any serious... A Glimpse Of The Future?

The current Yahoo Toolbar debacle gives me serious concerns about the future for the distribution of the Flash Player. I’ve been happy to see the development of the Flash player remain under the control of Macromedia – if any serious…

]]> By: Ewan http://blog.ewanscorner.com/2005/03/macromedia-madness-flash-gets-cement-shoes/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Ewan Fri, 04 Mar 2005 16:40:31 +0000 http://blog.ewanscorner.com/?p=204#comment-85 Thanks for the prompt followup John. Kudos to you for taking the time to follow posts like these! I realise you don't "bundle" the toolbar with the player always, but a page with a default-on option to download both is still bundling in my opinion. You're right, the page hasn't reverted - sorry - I'm using another machine, which - despite the fact that I don't have the Yahoo! toolbar installed - doesn't display the option to download the Yahoo! toolbar (JS function "isVerGTE" on the page returns "Y"). This machine is XP Pro SP2, IE 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158, and the only toolbar i have installed is Google :-) Thanks for the prompt followup John. Kudos to you for taking the time to follow posts like these! I realise you don’t "bundle" the toolbar with the player always, but a page with a default-on option to download both is still bundling in my opinion.
You’re right, the page hasn’t reverted – sorry – I’m using another machine, which – despite the fact that I don’t have the Yahoo! toolbar installed – doesn’t display the option to download the Yahoo! toolbar (JS function "isVerGTE" on the page returns “Y”). This machine is XP Pro SP2, IE 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158, and the only toolbar i have installed is Google :-)

]]> By: John Dowdell http://blog.ewanscorner.com/2005/03/macromedia-madness-flash-gets-cement-shoes/comment-page-1/#comment-84 John Dowdell Fri, 04 Mar 2005 14:36:07 +0000 http://blog.ewanscorner.com/?p=204#comment-84 <em>"... Flash install page seems to have reverted ...."</em> I haven't seen any internal email of any overnight changes to the site. The only people who see that web page with the "want Yahoo?" offer are those who: (a) use IE/Win; and (b) don't use the normal background ActiveX process, but who instead click a "Get Flash" link on a web page; and (c) who don't already have Yahoo Toolbar installed in their IE/Win. There's no "bundled software", although that story has apparently taken wings overnight... if you visit the Macromedia website, you see a text ad and a default-on checkbox for a separate Yahoo download. Regards, John Dowdell Macromedia Support “… Flash install page seems to have reverted ….”
I haven’t seen any internal email of any overnight changes to the site. The only people who see that web page with the “want Yahoo?” offer are those who:
(a) use IE/Win; and
(b) don’t use the normal background ActiveX process, but who instead click a “Get Flash” link on a web page; and
(c) who don’t already have Yahoo Toolbar installed in their IE/Win.
There’s no “bundled software”, although that story has apparently taken wings overnight… if you visit the Macromedia website, you see a text ad and a default-on checkbox for a separate Yahoo download.
Regards,
John Dowdell
Macromedia Support

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