www.thegirlyghosthunters.com crashes Opera browser - Flash Issue
Saturday, 16. August 2008, 13:12:45
www.thegirlyghosthunters.com crashes Opera browser - Flash Issue
www.thegirlyghosthunters.com is a website from an actual TV show that features a bunch of girls hunting down alleged Real Life Ghosts. If you went to the site (very poorly designed from my point of view), at the top when the menu starts appearing, eventually you would see the word Stuff appear, clicking on that brings up the videos in the centre panel.
So far, so good. Then you have to click on the video to play it. That's when the problem starts, my Opera browser crashed without warning. Tried it a second time, same thing. Maybe it was the GHOST!! :-)
I thought it was a browser issue. But I also have Firefox on my system and the same thing happens.
An online search shows that a number of people online where having the same problem. But no solution.
It did turn out to be a Shockwave Flash issue rather than a browser one. I was using version 9....something, the latest at the time, and THAT was the problem.
My first solution to this problem was to go to www.oldversion.com and downloaded an older version of the player. Version 8. Remember to uninstall the old version first. It worked....but, eventually I went to a site that said I needed the newer version.
So online I went to find another solution. I did find some info at the Opera Support Forums, that suggest that Adobe has intentionally dropped support for some older processors, like my P2-400mhz system.
It wouldn't surprise me. Not every one can afford to go out and buy a Supercomputer everytime Microsoft decides to shove a new Operating System down some ones throat. And as usual most other software producers are stuck up Microsoft's A**...leaving millions of computer users, with older systems, choking in their dust. The very same millions of users that are the reason for these companies being successful in the first place!
Adobe seems to have temporarily changed their minds. There is currently a Beta version 10 available at :
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/flashplayer10_install_plugin_070208.exe
Be sure to use the uninstaller first to uninstall the old versions: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/current/uninstall_flash_player.exe
If you use Internet Explorer you'll need this version: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/flashplayer10_install_activex_070208.exe
It solves the crashing browser problem temporarily but eventually because I can't afford to keep up with the technology, I'll probably be choking on someone else's dust!!
www.thegirlyghosthunters.com is a website from an actual TV show that features a bunch of girls hunting down alleged Real Life Ghosts. If you went to the site (very poorly designed from my point of view), at the top when the menu starts appearing, eventually you would see the word Stuff appear, clicking on that brings up the videos in the centre panel.
So far, so good. Then you have to click on the video to play it. That's when the problem starts, my Opera browser crashed without warning. Tried it a second time, same thing. Maybe it was the GHOST!! :-)
I thought it was a browser issue. But I also have Firefox on my system and the same thing happens.
An online search shows that a number of people online where having the same problem. But no solution.
It did turn out to be a Shockwave Flash issue rather than a browser one. I was using version 9....something, the latest at the time, and THAT was the problem.
My first solution to this problem was to go to www.oldversion.com and downloaded an older version of the player. Version 8. Remember to uninstall the old version first. It worked....but, eventually I went to a site that said I needed the newer version.
So online I went to find another solution. I did find some info at the Opera Support Forums, that suggest that Adobe has intentionally dropped support for some older processors, like my P2-400mhz system.
It wouldn't surprise me. Not every one can afford to go out and buy a Supercomputer everytime Microsoft decides to shove a new Operating System down some ones throat. And as usual most other software producers are stuck up Microsoft's A**...leaving millions of computer users, with older systems, choking in their dust. The very same millions of users that are the reason for these companies being successful in the first place!
Adobe seems to have temporarily changed their minds. There is currently a Beta version 10 available at :
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/flashplayer10_install_plugin_070208.exe
Be sure to use the uninstaller first to uninstall the old versions: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/current/uninstall_flash_player.exe
If you use Internet Explorer you'll need this version: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/flashplayer10_install_activex_070208.exe
It solves the crashing browser problem temporarily but eventually because I can't afford to keep up with the technology, I'll probably be choking on someone else's dust!!
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