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    Menus blocked by Flash Player in Firefox (pic)

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by steve p, Dec 3, 2008.

  1. steve p

    steve p Notebook Evangelist

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    The pic says it all:

    [​IMG]

    Does anyone else have this same problem?
    Does anyone know how to fix it?
    The OS is openSUSE 11 32 bit.
    Thanks for looking.
     
    steve p, Dec 3, 2008
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  2. HankB

    HankB Notebook Geek

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    Yeah, you're not alone. I see the same problem on Ubuntu/Firefox and variants. IMO it is a bug in the browser but perhaps it is a flash bug or a problem with the page. It is really annoying when the flash is part of the page. (The one you show looks like a popup.)

    I think there is a flashblock extension that could probably help.

    HTH,
    hank
     
    HankB, Dec 3, 2008
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  3. steve p

    steve p Notebook Evangelist

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    Thanks for your reply Hank.
    I seem to remember some time ago reading of a solution to this while on a Fedora (?) forum but I can't seem to be able to find it now. If I do I 'll be sure to post back here.
    Thanks.
     
    steve p, Dec 3, 2008
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    steve p Notebook Evangelist

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    O.K. I updated to Flash Player 10,0,12,36 and it all seems good now. See below:

    [​IMG]

    I hope it works for others as well.
     
    steve p, Dec 5, 2008
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    Bungalo Bill Notebook Deity

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    I remember having this problem a while back, but haven't seen it on 8.10
     
    Bungalo Bill, Dec 5, 2008
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    If somebody has a fix for this issue on 8.04 and Flash 9, I'd be glad to hear it. I'm still running on those because I havent found some time to upgrade to 8.10 yet.
     
    EateryOfPiza, Dec 5, 2008
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  7. steve p

    steve p Notebook Evangelist

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    Why not just update the flash player and see if that fixes it?
     
    steve p, Dec 5, 2008
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    It doesn't.

    It abit of a pain this bug with some poorly designed sites.

    is there some way of making firefox upload them first and everything else on top or sending the flash to the back of the site/bringing menus to the front?

    This bug doesn't happening when using IE for linux.
     
    sleepinginsomnic, Dec 6, 2008
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    The bug is in Flash 9. There's no fix for it other than upgrading Flash.
     
    Pitabred, Dec 6, 2008
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    ^I can agree with the above, I just updated flash because of this thread, and the menus behind the embedded flash is fixed =D
     
    Daemos, Dec 7, 2008
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  11. steve p

    steve p Notebook Evangelist

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    I am glad it worked for you.
     
    steve p, Dec 7, 2008
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