In message , Mike Henry 
<{$mrtickle$}@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes:
[Flash]
>>> >1)      Having it means that you often have to sit and wait for
>>> >irrelevant corporate videos to play, etc.
>>>
>>> Not true.
>>
>>True
>
>Just because you have installed flash, does NOT mean it's somehow
>"impossible" to block adverts and other annoying flash objects, leaving
>only the flash objects you do want, such as the iPlayer. In Opera you
>simply right-click and block the stuff you don't want, whether it's an
>animated gif or a flash advert, and the site it's from is added to a
>blacklist. In Firefox you can use something like Adblock+, or NoScript
[]
In my work as an electronics engineer, I sometimes find myself visiting 
sites where you are presented with a flash video; this of course comes 
from the site you are visiting (so blocking that site isn't an option). 
The better ones have a "skip intro" button, but certainly not all of 
them; even ones that do it is irritating. [Said button sometimes 
disappears under the flash presentation itself, if you're not using the 
exact browser and window size the designer wants you to.] (I think the 
above poster meant this sort of thing, not ad.s from third party sites, 
from his use of the word "corporate".)

Needless to say, the companies that do this don't get my attention for 
long - and thus my employer's business - if there is an alternative.
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