Adobe Releases Flash Version 11.2.202.356: Update NOW

[Delgarde]

A lot of sites use Flash for the copying to clipboard features.

After video, the most common thing I see it used for is bulk file upload, since that was traditionally a pain under HTML. Unnecessary now - HTML5 is much more capable in that respect - but a lot of sites are still using it (e.g uploading photos to Facebook).

[Delgarde]

While I agree that this should not be opt-in, I think the only real solution is to make sure that one's main browser does not even advertise of being Flash-enabled.

That way the website can send approriate content right away and not make me guess what I would potentially get if I clicked the icon.

Actually, that's exactly what *does* happen. Sites that try to detect Flash support are a nuisance, because they fail to detect it, and instead of rendering the plugin window that the user would click on to activate the plugin, they display content telling you how to install Flash. I *have* Flash, but their too-clever detection behaviour doesn't give me the chance to activate it.