Adobe Flash: user options...?

Google, " Turn off Adobe Flash ". You will get plenty of responses.... such as:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2947381/how-to-disable-flash-player-why-nows-a-better-time-than-ever.html

You'll also need to disable html5 video as not all use Flash anymore.

Flash may not be with us too much longer due to increase security vunerabilities? Firefox is planning on disabling Flash by default.

Treat me as ignorant with things that are computer related

I thought that Flash is (was?) the go-to media player. Isn't the brand of media player set by the home website? Will sites such as I-heat or CNN play when I open their website with another media player that I might have or will install?

I am hesitant to remove flash and install another media player because usually doing this might affect something else and then I cannot get back to where it once worked. I know my limitations and computer and how they work is one of those realms.

Scary words like "disable html5 video" leave me with a blank stare.

I have a basic question: What does "Disable Flash Player" mean? Before I did this most recent upgrade, I had to click a couple of buttons to get the old version of Flash to play videos. I actually liked doing those extra steps. Was my Flash in that case "disabled?"

If I "disable" the latest version of which I now have, will it work like the way I was used to? I guess when I posted the question, I was hoping it would be as simple as finding some user options within a user-friendly "options" sort of page with a button that sates something to the effect of "turn off auto-play." You-Tube has one of these right smack on top in it's pages.

BTW- I run the latest version of Firefox. If Firefox disables Flash as a default in the near future, will I videos be able to be played?

Thanks... and apologies for being woefully ignorant.

d3500ram wrote:

I thought that Flash is (was?) the go-to media player. Isn't the brand of media player set by the home website? Will sites such as I-heat or CNN play when I open their website with another media player that I might have or will install?

Most sites now use HTML5 video as a fallback if Flash is primary. It's is supported by all major browsers - codec dependent. As an example, click this video. Not using Flash, just a regular .MP4 video using the browser's HTML5 video support.

If you follow the instructions provided by numerous sites in "disabling" Adobe Flash, you should also see an option to "Ask before using" choice ... which doesn't disable Flash, but does prevent it from automatically taking off every time a website with Flash content is brought up.