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Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me

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On 2017-04-11, licensedtoquill@gmail.com <licensedtoquill@gmail.com> wrote:
>  then choose Develop > User Agent from the menu 
>> bar).Instructions are different for other browsers: 
>
> It wasnt that I wasnt listening, I just didnt understand what to do at the last stage.
> 
> Is default flash? SO I need to switch to safari 10.1?

No, like I said: 

"Rather than installing Flash, you can set your web browser's User Agent
string to any iOS string, and nine times out of ten, the video will play
without issue."

So when you encounter a web page that claims Flash is required to watch
a video, do this:

1. Go to Safari Preferences > Advanced.
2. Enable the "Show Develop menu" option.
3. From the Safari menu bar, choose Develop > User Agent > Safari - iOS
10 - iPhone (or any other entry with "iOS" in the name).

More often than not, the page will reload and the video will play
without Flash.

The only reason most of these sites claim Flash is required is because
the developer that wrote the page in such a way that the code assumes if
you are viewing the page on a computer you will have Flash installed,
and that same code assumes that if you are viewing the page on a mobile
device (like an iOS device) you will *not* have Flash installed; so the
page uses HTML5 instead. Despite these assumptions, the fact is if you
don't have Flash installed you can view videos with HTML5 *regardless*
of whether you are on a computer or a mobile device. Manually changing
the User Agent to an iOS string simply fools the web page into thinking
you are viewing it on a mobile device so that the silly assumption is
met and the video plays with HTML5 rather than Flash. ; )

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JR

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Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me licensedtoquill@gmail.com - 2017-04-08 08:37 -0700
  Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-08 16:21 +0000
    Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me licensedtoquill@gmail.com - 2017-04-08 20:32 -0700
      Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-09 03:38 +0000
        Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me licensedtoquill@gmail.com - 2017-04-08 20:56 -0700
          Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-09 04:02 +0000
            Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me licensedtoquill@gmail.com - 2017-04-09 05:43 -0700
              Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-09 15:26 +0000
      Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-04-09 15:59 +1200
    Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-04-09 14:39 +0000
      Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-09 15:27 +0000
        Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-04-09 18:28 +0000
          Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-09 19:36 +0000
            Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me licensedtoquill@gmail.com - 2017-04-10 05:21 -0700
              Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-10 13:33 +0000
                Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me licensedtoquill@gmail.com - 2017-04-10 10:22 -0700
                Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-10 18:16 +0000
                Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me licensedtoquill@gmail.com - 2017-04-11 06:55 -0700
                Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-11 10:26 -0400
                Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-11 14:41 +0000
                Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me licensedtoquill@gmail.com - 2017-04-11 10:52 -0700
                Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-11 20:01 +0000
                Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me licensedtoquill@gmail.com - 2017-04-12 11:36 -0700
                Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-13 01:35 +0000
                Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-04-12 08:22 +0000

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