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Flashplayer  accept/deny box

Jun 25, 2012 9:07 AM

When I updated to Flashplayer version, 11.3.300.262, the accept/deny box just sits in the middle of video screen. Can't click, can't move, can't close, can't even view the full box options... The inert box just sits in the middle of the movie screen. With the immediately previous version of Flashplayer 11, all my videos played perfectly, without this accept/deny box. Can someone give me a link to download the immediately previous version of Flash 11? Or some other earlier version of v.11? For now, I'm back to v. 10.2.152.32, but many websites demand newer version to see videos (including adobe.com!). I'm runing Win7 on a pc.

 
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    Jun 25, 2012 3:48 PM   in reply to MystiMac

    Probably this FAQ may help you. 

     

    How do I revert to a previous version of Flash Player?

    http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1022066?tstart=0

     

    thanks,

     

    Hitomi

     
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  • Chris Campbell
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    Jun 25, 2012 3:58 PM   in reply to Hitomi Kudo

    Could you also elaborate on the accept/deny box?  What does it say?  Any chance you could take a screenshot so we could see if it's Flash Player related?

     
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    Jun 27, 2012 12:24 AM   in reply to MystiMac

    We'd like to understand this better.  Can you give us a link to a page that demonstrates the problem?

     
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    Jun 29, 2012 5:10 PM   in reply to MystiMac

    Gotcha.  This is bug where an instance of our clickjacking logic is being overly protective. 

     

    There are a bunch of attacks that researchers have identified over the years where you could either trick people into authorizing camera/mic or local storage, or clicking the buttons for them through other techniques.  We do all this math to make sure that the clicks on those buttons are genuine, but sometimes it breaks in the too-much-protection way.  It's better than the not-enough-protection way, but understandably frustrating.  We continue to refine our techniques around preventing clickjacking and are moving to things to native UI where we can.

     

    This prompt is displayed because you have Local Storage Settings set to Block All Sites from storing information on this computer, or Ask me before allowing new sites to save information on this computer.

     

    There's a couple ways you can avoid this.  You can prevent the dialog from being thrown, or you can try and either reposition the dialog or try clicking around a little bit in the button to see if you can move out of the dead spot (that approach is hit-and-miss, but quick to try):

     

    1.) Modify your global settings to either Allow sites to save information on this computer, or Block All Sites from storing information on this computer  (From Start > Control Panel > Flash Player)

     

         When browing in Private Browsing/Incognito mode, any information that we save will be discarded at the end of your browsing session. 
         Setting this to Allow to avoid the prompt, and using private browsing mode would get you a similar effect.

         Periodically hitting Delete All in the storage tab will remove any of the local settings and shared objects that may be stored on your machine.

     

    2.) Proactively enable storage for this domain.  That will work on the immediate issue.

     

         Refresh the page.  Before you hit play and get the prompt, right-click and choose settings.  Authorize some storage space for democracynow.org.  The prompt won't get displayed.

     

    3.) Change your resolution.

     

         Most of these bugs are resolution specific.  You can temporarily change the resolution, but that's a pretty lame workaround. 

     

    So, it's definitely a bug. 

     

    The following information would help me reproduce it:

    1.) What version of Chrome are you running

    2.) What is the resolution of your display (Control Panel > Display > Screen Resolution)

    3.) On Control Panel > Display > do you have 100%, 125% or 150% selected?

     

    Thanks!

     
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    Jun 29, 2012 5:16 PM   in reply to MystiMac

    As long as you're using Private Browsing or Incognito mode, any information stored on your machine will be purged when you exit private browsing mode, or the browser itself.

     

    The global privacy settings apply for all browsers on your system, so the dialog shouldn't pop anywhere at this point.

     

    I'm able to reproduce this issue when setting my resolution tio 1680x1050. 

     

    I filed the following bug to track it:

    http://watsonexp.corp.adobe.com/#bug=3227752 - Clickjacking - Cannot dismiss local storage authorization notification at 1680x1050 on Win7 x64

     
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