No! Flash

• "Install No Flash:
  Works awesome. I don't browse without it now. Set it to default to off. When you need to browse a site that has no non-Flash version, click the NoFlash icon in the systray once. Then click on the browser window and hit Ctrl-N to open up a new browser window. The new window will have the same page with Flash enabled, or vice versa, however you want to do it. What sucks is that now Anandtech's graphs in their articles require Flash . Then when you actually enable Flash on Anandtech you're bombarded with lots of annoying Flash ads all around!
  My anti-Flash article: http://home.swbell.net/dstilley/"

--By The Jedi on Saturday, September 20, 2003 4:52 PM EDT

• "Many of the pages that load when viewing the web contain rather annoying ads that use Shockwave Flash instead of the traditional animated GIF file. Other sites (weather.com for one) use REALLY ANNOYING Flash audio/video content in ads that actually sits on top of the page you're trying to view while they do their thing. Well, I've found a handy way to block all Flash content without going through hoops:
  http://www.bbshare.com/
  It sits in your tray, you can turn Flash on when you want to visit a site that uses it for non-advertising reasons, and leave it off"

--likexterra

• "NoFlash is simple and works well. Thank you for making this software!"

-- benjamin reaves

• "I hate Flash . For a while I uninstalled it disabled my Active X controls, but I got tired of having to deal with the "you are not set up to accept Active X" window everytime I went to a site with Flash ads. Since I got my new computer here at work I've just been putting up with them and stopping the ones that I could.
  I did some searching this morning and found No! Flash . Oh my gosh this thing is wonderful. I don't have to do anything and all the Flash ads are GONE (until I tell it I want to look at them)."

-- fractious times

• "Great tool. Thank you!"

-- Alan Silverman

• Thanks for listing your No Flash software! Makes surfing the web much easier for those on dial-ups!

-- Pamela Kolyer

• i just installed "noflash" it saved my sanity. oh, it works good too

-- fishyfool Thursday, February 20, 2003

• Great program. Thanks a million. I don't hate ads or anything (I work for an ad-supported dotcom) but the Flash ads were getting really, really annoying and the program works GREAT (I like how it stops animated gifs, too).

-- Hugh

• Just wanted to ask, if anyone had any other useful Windows utilities they like to use.
  For example, I use No!Flash while surfing, and it prevents ALL Macromedia Flash ads, animated Gifs, pop-ups, and Javascript. VERY nice when going to sites like news.com.com (cnet), cnn.com, weather.com, and others that like to throw crap all over the screen. It does disable features here (like the auto-jump when you select the forum from the dropdown bar, and the animated smileys), but I can live without those features. It also impacts some other sites I frequent (banking, UPS shipping, etc), so I do have to turn it on and off, depending on what I'm doing. I no longer get "do you want to download Macromedia Flash " either. If I want to re-enable the features, it's a click of the mouse, fire off a new browser, and it's good to go again. http://www.bbshare.com/ to download.

-- Camaroholic

• Hi,I have found your utility to be very useful. I like to read the news on the net and have been annoyed with the animations in the banners and sidebars. It is well worth the $10 you are charging.
  I hope you become very wealthy. Thanks for putting this together.
  
  -- Alan Porter
  

• Just wanted to say thanks for your hard work. Macromedia Flash just annoys the heck out of me, I tried several other solutions, and yours has worked great. Buy yourself a beer, on me. :)

-- AKM

• Thanks for producing this! It may not make you rich but at least you know that people who find Flash annoying appreciate it.
  
  -- Keith Hunwick
  

• Thank you for helping me enjoy the internet again!
  
  -- Jennifer