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Can I prevent flash from starting up when a tab is opened? I open multiple tabs and often have to click on many to find out which flash video started and I am

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It is annoying to have flash audio from tabs that I have opened but have not yet viewed. Also the video streaming - often advertising surely slows up my connection.

It is annoying to have flash audio from tabs that I have opened but have not yet viewed. Also the video streaming - often advertising surely slows up my connection.

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You can look at these extensions:

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You can look at these extensions:

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This appears to solved my problem.

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Originally I noted that after using Flash Block for a bit it seems to have sped up my sessions (w/o multiple flash videos etc. loading). I noted one issue. When viewing maps at weather.com, I lose some of the functionality. The bars to zoom in and out and to review the past precipitation in a loop are longer there.

Just was able to resolve this issue with exempting weather.com under preferences.

Now all is well.

Thanks

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