TheFaceCirca39 wrote:
Within several of the instructional replies received references are made almost solely to IE. While it is true that I have IE installed because it works with Windows for many functions and, in general, is good to have "just in case."
However, I predominantly use Mozilla Firefox (currently v.31.0). Am I to apply the how-to's addressed to IE but assimilating the same to Firefox, although with seprate locations, etc.? have I missed something, e.g., is one to enable Flash Player in Windows, Firefox, IE, and Whew!
Hi TheFaceCirca:
I also use Firefox (currently v. 31.0) as my default browser and only use IE9 on my 32-Vista computer as a backup. If you only want to install Flash for your Firefox browser, just download the installer for plugin-based browsers (highlighted in red in the screenshot in the instructions in message # 15) and ignore the comments about Flash for IE.
The Adobe Flash Player for Internet Explorer is based on Microsoft's ActiveX technology, while the Adobe Flash Player for most other plugin-based (non-IE) browsers are based on the NPAPI (Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface) technology, so there are separate installers for IE and plug-in based browsers. Adobe Flash is now integrated into the Google Chrome browser, as noted here, so Flash updates are managed differently in Chrome than most other non-IE browsers.
I have a few applications on my computer that only work with the ActiveX version of Flash (e.g., HP Solution Center for my HP printer) so I typically need both the ActiveX and plugin-based NPAPI versions of Flash installed on my computer. If I don't have the ActiveX version of Flash installed on my computer when I run HP Soultion Center I get a pop-up asking me to install it.
EDIT:
Your Flash Player Settings Manager (Control Panel | Flash Player | Advanced tab) should show you what Flash versions you have installed on your computer. The Pepper version is for the Google Chrome browser.
