{"id":370,"date":"2012-11-14T19:24:34","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T18:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lendl.priv.at\/blog\/?p=370"},"modified":"2026-01-26T12:12:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T11:12:57","slug":"adobe-flash-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lendl.priv.at\/blog\/2012\/11\/14\/adobe-flash-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Adobe Flash Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we&#8217;ve seen yet another Adobe Flash Player update due to serious problems. So be it.<\/p>\n<p>One thing always sets my teeth on edge when doing\/verifying it: The number of clicks it takes me to check the version of the currently running Flash plugin. It would be far too simple if the <a href=\"https:\/\/get.adobe.com\/flashplayer\/\">download page<\/a> (which is prominently linked everywhere) would just tell me if I need to upgrade. No, I have to click on &#8220;Learn more about Flash Player&#8221;, then &#8220;Product Page&#8221;, then &#8220;FAQ&#8221;, then scroll down to &#8220;How can I tell if I have the latest version of Flash Player installed and whether it is working correctly?&#8221;, click to reveal the answer, then click &#8220;Testing page&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>And then I have to manually compare the version shown above with the latest version listed by operating system and browser beneath. <\/p>\n<p>What the fscking hell is Adobe thinking? They&#8217;ve been a top reason for PC infections for the last years (Flash + Acrobat) and still they don&#8217;t tell their web-visitors as quickly and efficiently whether they need to update.<\/p>\n<p>Can someone please administer the necessary clues with a suitable LART? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we&#8217;ve seen yet another Adobe Flash Player update due to serious problems. So be it. One thing always sets my teeth on edge when doing\/verifying it: The number of clicks it takes me to check the version of the currently running Flash plugin. It would be far too simple if the download page (which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cert","category-internet","category-pet-peeves"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lendl.priv.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lendl.priv.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lendl.priv.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lendl.priv.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lendl.priv.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lendl.priv.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":859,"href":"https:\/\/lendl.priv.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370\/revisions\/859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lendl.priv.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lendl.priv.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lendl.priv.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}