Adobe Flash Player problem in Firefox 3.6.8

[Unfocused]

Firefox automatically downloaded an update for itself yesterday and on the first page that popped up it advised me to download the new Flash player, as the previous one was outdated or some shit. So I updated Flash as well.

Now I noticed that when I watch movies on youtube and go fullscreen, most of the time my mouse cursor is invisible even when I move it, ESC doesn't work and I have to wait until the clip ends or a few seconds of responsiveness occurs to do anything. So usually I just press alt+tab to minimise Firefox and that's a bit tricky but works.

Moreover, quite often the framerate seems to be lower and the sound is crackling a bit.

Does anyone else have any issues with the new update?

 

[VirusType2]

Hmm, no I don't have any problems with flash. What version do you have? I've got 10.1 r53. Should be quite recent; I guess I updated it a week or two ago.

Now that you mention it, I did have 1 problem I've never had before. I'm not sure what I can attribute it to.

I was using the newly improved Google image search and clicked to "view image full size" and it was taking awhile to fill the screen, since it was huge, so I was like nevermind, and clicked stop and back and neither had any effect. It just kept loading no matter what.

Not sure what to blame, but it could have been anything really. I've never had it happen before and I can't reproduce it. (though I didn't try the exact image again... may try that) Just tried the same image and had no problems stopping it this time.

 

[Calhoun]

I don't think that this is caused by the update. A similar issue has frequently occurred for me during the past two years where viewing in fullscreen on YouTube will leave the cursor stuck behaving like the same tool each time regardless of what tool is selected in Hammer or Photoshop.

It's frustrating if you want to do anything in either of these other than panning around the level or the picture and usually lasts five minutes or more for me, with no method to resolve it other than restarting my computer or waiting for it to go away.

 

[VirusType2]

Well, I had a problem for a while where youtube video would freeze midway, though the sound continued. Reducing it from full screen would make it play again.

Weird enough, right?

I updated Flash and it went away. Make sure you guys try that, if you are having a problem with Flash.

 

[No Limit]

I was using the newly improved Google image search and clicked to "view image full size" and it was taking awhile to fill the screen, since it was huge, so I was like nevermind, and clicked stop and back and neither had any effect. It just kept loading no matter what.

Not sure what to blame, but it could have been anything really. I've never had it happen before and I can't reproduce it. (though I didn't try the exact image again... may try that) Just tried the same image and had no problems stopping it this time.

The new google image search doesn't use flash, it uses javascript. I don't know how I feel about the new image search, I always liked google because it was simple. But that's for another discussion.

 

[VirusType2]

Hmm, no I don't have any problems with flash... [describes problem experienced since updating to Firefox 3.6.8 yesterday]

And, I specifically said it could have been anything really, meaning: it wasn't necessarily a Firefox 3.6.8 problem (related to the update).

EDIT: speak of the devil. My problem was a plugin (extension) that uploads an image from the web to an image host. It freezes my browser from any command for several seconds and it seems it doesn't always work anyway. Uninstalling now.

 

[No Limit]

Well this was a thread about Flash and I just wanted to point out google images wouldn't have anything to do with flash, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. My bad.

 

[VirusType2]

Well, the first thing I said was I don't have any problems with flash. This seems to be a theme for you, and it's frustrating.

My feelings? I feel annoyed by you, pretty much every time you address me. Are you ****ing high all the time, or what? You're destroying your cognitive ability.

Here's what it's like to talk to you:

 

[No Limit]

I don't see what me being high all the time has anything to do with this. You sound like my mother.

 

[VirusType2]

I'm ****ing with you. You're alright.

 

[Unfocused]

LOL you guys.

Anyway, I don't think it's necessarily something related to the Firefox update, it's probably got to do with the Flash update which Firefox asked me to perform RIGHT AFTER I updated Firefox itself.

Maybe I'll try to download Flash myself and install it again.