Chrome FlashBlock

[tux-bg]

Hi. I need some tool to block flash animation content like "FlashBlock" for Firefox.
btw this browser is perfect. Thanks Google!

[Pronation]

There aren't any add-ons yet. You will have to wait.

[mymazdatribute]

You can just crash the normal flash plugin with the taskmanager in chrome and it wont pop back up.

[tux-bg]

You can just crash the normal flash plugin with the taskmanager in chrome and it wont pop back up.

Yes, but i want to have a play option.

[chromelime1]

any news or updates on this?

I've been googling from time to time and always find this page but nothing new seems to happen.

Firefox had it for a long time. I don't know how to make it, but how hard can it be? I mean, why hasn't someone done this already?

Is the SDK missing?

[vhanla]

Well this could help...

FlashBlock2

Revised by v - varanasi
Revised by AP - Andrew Pennebaker (andrew.pennebaker@gmail.com)
Author: JvdO = Jos van den Oever (jos@vandenoever.info)

Version history:
0.4 - 2009-03-27 - v - improved [Play Flash] operation and removed option to ignore tiny flash elements
0.31 - 2008-03-24 - v - improved [Play Flash] operation, added preference and default not to tag 1 pixel flash elements
0.3 - 2007-10-07 - v - eliminated anonymous function, condensed code
0.2 - 2007-10-06 - v - substituted xpath function for getElement and forEach in place of for loop
0.1 - 2007-09-26 - v - added code to find flash in embed tags (not just object tags), revised structure, included code by pix to improve on and off.

BlockFlash_Revisited - 2006-11-28 - AP - http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/6532
BlockFlash - 2006-02-12 - JvdO - http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/3204

Inspiration for this script comes from the removeFlash script and the FlashBlock firefox extension.

To install use:
Close Chrome if you're running it.
Open the properties of your Chrome shortcut and modify to something like this:

chrome.exe --install-extension="C:\path\to\FlashBlock2.crx"

Then, open the properties of your Chrome shortcut, remove your current command flags and use this one instead:

chrome.exe --enable-extensions

[Lex1]

BlockFlash_Revisited

Not block, only hide.

Fortunately Chrome now supports «//@run-at document-start» and it has allowed to make really FlashBlock
(version with another icons; first version from calande).

[seyss]

vhanla,

I tried doing all that you said and it DID NOT work.

I downloaded the .crx, ran chrome to install the addon, ran chrome to enable addons, ran it again and nothing!

How come people can't see Flash is used MOST FOR ADs and won't develop a more user-friendly way to block Flash in chrome?

[seyss]

Hey just tried with the latest chrome beta (version 2.something as of May/9) and it works! Thanks... now chrome is usable.

[Ciantic]

Ahoy, I made a fork that works a little more like flashblock, it replaces flashes with blue box that when clicked instead opens up the flash.

This differs from the original by trying to not collapse the flash objects (technically replaces with something)... Thus this keeps some layouts working correctly, which depends on flash blocks.

Also noticed that msnbc videos are still shown, trying to fix that next if I care.

Installation:
Install the original and replace the created blockflash.user.js with this.

(blockflash.user.js in Windows 7 RC can be found from C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Chromium\User Data\Default\Extensions\HEREISLOTSOFCRAPTOIDENTIFY \0.4 )

Usage: Remember to start chrome with "chrome.exe --enable-extensions"