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Shockwave Flash plugin

Ray Maruschak
Ray Maruschak
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Plug-in check says Shockwave Flash 11.1 r115 plugin is vulnerable.

when I go to the update button I get this

We're Sorry This content requires Adobe Flash Player, which is not supported by your device. This content can be viewed on a desktop computer or on mobile devices that support Flash Player.

I'm so tired of the confusion re Flash & Firefox.

How can I fix this once & for all so Flash works?

Thanks

Plug-in check says Shockwave Flash 11.1 r115 plugin is vulnerable. when I go to the update button I get this We're Sorry This content requires Adobe Flash Player, which is not supported by your device. This content can be viewed on a desktop computer or on mobile devices that support Flash Player. I'm so tired of the confusion re Flash & Firefox. How can I fix this once & for all so Flash works? Thanks

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Are you using the same plugin check site that is used in desktop versions of Firefox? It is not tuned to recognize when an older or no-longer-supported platform is running the latest version available for that platforms. Therefore, so you cannot get a "current" version for Android by its standards.

The last release for Android apparently was "Flash Player 11.1 for Android 4.0 (11.1.115.81)" per http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Regarding your second question, does Flash work on any sites in your Firefox for Android? I find it somewhat inconsistent.

Ray Maruschak
Ray Maruschak Question owner
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Thanks for response.

I'm on my galaxynote 3,

I went tohttp://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/?src=external-newsletter

Kevin
Kevin
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The plugin check website is not designed for mobile use. Adobe Flash is the only plugin on mobile to the best of my knowledge. Updating the site to work with mobile browsers is not worth the effort.

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Yes, that site is going to be updated soon. I'm still not sure it will handle Android as a special case. See above response

Modified by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer