Adobe Flash Player updated - now can't listen to internet radio ( vanity )

8/1/14 | sushiman

[sushiman]

After months of getting prompts to update my Adobe Flash player I finally did so a few days ago . Yesterday discovered that I can no longer listen to KSFO , WMAL or WABC online - won't download . Worked fine before updating . I'm using Internet Explorer . Is there some setting in AFP that I need to check or uncheck ? It's in Japanese so I'll need the wife to take care of this when she gets up . Thanks in advance !

[GeronL]

I just went to the WABC feed at TuneIn and listened in. It works for me.

http://tunein.com/radio/77-WABC-770-s26921/

Try that

[sushiman]

Not able to copy text in settings window .

[GeronL]

Japanese Dell uses Chinese characters? Why not Japanese ones?

[sushiman]

Wiil give this a try when the wife gets up because as I said it’s all in Japanese . Thanks .

[sushiman]

Japanese “ characters “ are Chinese charcters , plus in Japanese there are 2 other writing systems - katakana and hiragana .

[GeronL]

sounds very inefficient and confusing

They should adopt English, lol.

[molson209]

They should adopt English, lol.

you mean Engrish

[sushiman]

Hiragana ( 45 symbols ) is used to write native words for which there are no kanji . Katakana ( 45 symbols ) is used to write foreign words . Japanese use a hell of a lot less Chinese characters than the Chinese do , hence the need for hiragana and katakana . Everything is China is written with Chinese characters and they use mainly 4000 . Japanese use hald that many .

[GeronL]

Yes, like the Koreans did... Konglish...

[sushiman]

I forgot to mention that I am able to listen to WMAL podcasts but not the station itself , or any other station for that matter .

[Fear The People]

I never update software that works fine anymore.

I made that mistake with Skype some years ago, then found out that all the great features that were once free, were now paid with the updated version; such as screen sharing.

B@stards.

[TomGuy]

You might check out Radio?Sure. It is a standalone application that connects to many radio stations.

http://www.radiosure.com/

[TomGuy]

I never update software that works fine anymore.

Same here, unless it is a software I really trust.

I stopped at Firefox at ver 15 and the Adobe Flash Player of the same time. Later versions would not play nice with each other.

IE10 breaks another browser I use.

Some Windows updates create conflicts with other software.

Some 'critical' IE updates actually crashed certain laptops.

PDF files will not open in some browsers.

It reaches the point of being ridiculous. An update may fix one problem and create 2 new ones.


I also keep somewhat recent image file backups of my OS drive, so if my system does crash, I can install the image file and only lose the most recent installations. I keep my data fines on a separate drive partion & on USB hard drives.

[taildragger]

Their is a train of thought out their that the Adobe Suite of Products have become bloatware and their are a ton of alternatives, no I haven't tried them yet.

Freeper Alternative Techie Input as to what to use?

As a tech side bar, their is a Palemoon beta browser for Android phones ( this is the alternative to Firefox ) and it is wicked fast..

[taildragger]

I'm using Internet Explorer

Please try this...http://www.palemoon.org/

[TomGuy]

I have been playing around with Palemoon on my laptop. I had tried it a couple of years ago and had problems.

However, I read that their 32-bit version is more compatible with the Firefox extensions than their 64-bit. So, I downloaded it. So far, most of my extensions/add-ons work great with Palemoon 32-bit portable.

[kaehurowing]

Adobe Flash Player is pretty much the equivalent of a virus, in my opinion.

[TexasTransplant]

I keep getting “Update FireFox” did it once last year (lost everything) ... like an idiot did it again yesterday and came up with 7 Malwares and AVG walked me through the 4 hours of getting my pute back ... never again

TT

[B4Ranch]

>>Worked fine before updating .<<

That was your clue not to update.

[B4Ranch]

Go to Tools / Options / Advanced and unclick Update