Up until now, life without Flash was perfect. In part 1, I found that the performance and battery life of my MacBook Pro improved by removing it. Part 2 had me answering questions about porn and surveys and finding that they still worked with a couple of exceptions. And part 3 had me experiencing no issues with not having Flash on my system.
That changed today as I discovered that on the Mac platform, you need Flash if you have a Belkin NetCam. That’s because unlike the PC which offers an alternate plug in so you don’t have to use Flash, the NetCam website doesn’t have anything similar for the Mac. Now is this a deal breaker? As long as I have my phone on me, it’s not as the NetCam app allows me to view video. If I have to rely on a Mac to see what’s going on at home, then I have a problem. I’m going to install Google Chrome as it comes with Flash as part of the browser. Thus I don’t have to reinstall Flash on my system. When I get a chance to do that, I’ll report back and finish up this experiment and let you know what the final verdict is.
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Bye Bye Flash! Part 4 – I Finally Found Something That I Need That Won’t Work Without Flash
Up until now, life without Flash was perfect. In part 1, I found that the performance and battery life of my MacBook Pro improved by removing it. Part 2 had me answering questions about porn and surveys and finding that they still worked with a couple of exceptions. And part 3 had me experiencing no issues with not having Flash on my system.
That changed today as I discovered that on the Mac platform, you need Flash if you have a Belkin NetCam. That’s because unlike the PC which offers an alternate plug in so you don’t have to use Flash, the NetCam website doesn’t have anything similar for the Mac. Now is this a deal breaker? As long as I have my phone on me, it’s not as the NetCam app allows me to view video. If I have to rely on a Mac to see what’s going on at home, then I have a problem. I’m going to install Google Chrome as it comes with Flash as part of the browser. Thus I don’t have to reinstall Flash on my system. When I get a chance to do that, I’ll report back and finish up this experiment and let you know what the final verdict is.
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