Re: Install Flash Player in the Internet Explorer Xbox app

I think I'm probably stating the obvious and I apologize to all of you out there who will roll your eyes but I dont understand all of this complicated language. I only use my xbox to stream videos on Amazon Prime and I want to watch Criminal Minds which is only available on Hulu (not Amazon). When I went to hulu.com and clicked on the video, it says it can't play without downloading adobe which XBOX won't let me do. Is this what all the fuss is all about? That there is not and will not ever be a way to download the flash player to stream videos?

I was just trying to play happy wheels on the xbox how awesome would that have been. But no you need to install flash.      ßú//$hí# !!!

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Hah!

But generally, without Flash and Silverlight. And without the ability to handle tabs (and thus stupid popups) - the XBox Browser is really ineffective.

Funny you mention Silverlight, and not that I know of a whole lotta webpages that use it, but I honestly couldn't understand why MS wouldn't modofiy or make a version of it for their own console.  You would think they'd go hand in hand.

we dont need flash we have youporn, its gone all quiet now so the topic fails

Flash player will never happen as Adobe have abandoned it for all devices except windows PCs and MACs.

They don't develop it anymore for any other devices. This is why the flash player on the ps3 is way out of date and doesn't work anymore for a lot of newer websites.

The reason the videos don't work on xbox is because the website developers(apart from that adult site mentioned earlier) are detecting you are using  internet explorer 9 and giving the desktop version of the website which requires flash. They are not checking for the xbox version of internet explorer. If they were they could give an HTML5 version of the site that is used on tablets.

And as for silverlight. It's not needed. There are not many sites that use silverlight. The ones that do like Netflix or Lovefilm already have apps for their services on xbox.

If no flash then how do facebook and twitter work?

i notice websites with lots of flash, and javascript capabilities are harder for xbox OS to process. webpages don't load properly, or glitching. since adobe won't support other OSs, is there any other way to fix or improve this inconvenience?

Gh3ttoFame:

i notice websites with lots of flash, and javascript capabilities are harder for xbox OS to process. webpages don't load properly, or glitching. since adobe won't support other OSs, is there any other way to fix or improve this inconvenience?

The only way is to persuade website owners to start supporting the xbox version of Internet Explorer.

At the moment most Websites detect Internet Explorer then tries to give you the desktop version of the website that requires flash.

It is quite possible to display videos in Internet Explorer using HTML5 but that requires websites to support it.

The thing is your just too lazy to get Adobe Flash. Im' comletely positive that if you actually got up off you'r *** and tried your hardest to persuade Adobe to get license rights you'll get it.(FACT).

TinierUrchin74:

The thing is your just too lazy to get Adobe Flash. Im' comletely positive that if you actually got up off you'r *** and tried your hardest to persuade Adobe to get license rights you'll get it.(FACT).

Just asking but who makes Adobe Flash?

Adobe does, duh.  Used to be Macromedia.  My understanding is they're stopping support because of Windows 8 metro/start menue, tablets, etc.  And if tech conttinues to move in that direction, sorry but they're only sc***ing themselves.

EvilTwinGX:

Adobe does, duh.  Used to be Macromedia. 

My question was for TinierUrchin74 but none the less the obvious has been pointed out. I was being facetious.

So the question begs, why do people cry here when they should be crying on the Adobe Site?

It actually doesn't even matter if they went to Adobe about it because they clearly have no intention of supporting what will inevitably be the future, simply because it doesn't do any wonders in their eyes, so it's their loss and will only hurt themselves in the long run.  Besides, the main reason everybody wants Flash is for a better browsing experiences, and I've kept trying to tell everyone from expreriences on every single console/device I own supporting them are always going to be broken experiences due to moddified specifications, and thus full support for all the mainstream plug-ins that PC browsers use can't be supported.  The only other way around it is for the devs is to go out of their way to research all the specs, and in the case of consoles is quite clearly means they have to keep up with every and any changes and putting what they might see as more unnecessary work on their end because modified OS', browsers, etc, aren't really as open ended as PCs to receive full support.

 Don't worry guys I'm coming.

Not quite the same thing but I think this image is more related to this issue.

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voteDC:

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Ha ha.  Although, Adobe have ended support for Flash on Android now too.  You can still get it though, albeit unofficially, and side load it on to your device.  My Samsung Galaxy S3 has Flash installed via this method.

As for iOS, it doesn't need Flash now.  I've been impressed over the past year or so how many websites can detect an iOS based browser and load a video friendly Flashless web page.

You sure about that?  My sister has an iPad, I forget which gen, butlast time I was on FaceBook with, which wasn't recent, it to see if it'll run their apps it didn't work.

I was able to view YouTube vids on their website right after I installed the IE app, mainly because I had the YouTube already installed. Not having flash installed is a pain in the @$$, mainly because I can't see vids some people tweet. Not being able to livestream YouTube Hangouts is another problem I have.

If Adobe decides not to build a flash plug-in for the 360, I'll drop trou and they can kiss my bare @$$. I just hope someone can come up with a solution to this damned problem.

I meant to say I had the YouTube app aready insalled when I visited YouTube for the first time. Damned editing time window.

The level of technical awareness on this post is almost as bad as on a Mac forum :P there is a damned good reason XBox does not have flash. Flash is a dying technology. Sure, you may think you need it, or use it all the time, but every video on YouTube works without flash, using HTML5. Flash player is simply the software require to play .swf files, or shockwave flash. YouTube uses MP4 h.264 format video. Why doesn't Apple include flash in iOS devices? a) it's no longer developed or supported by adobe, and b) before it was discontinued, it was decided by Apple that the technology would die out shortly anyway. Secondly, comes the issue of stability and security. Symantec, a major security software company recommend not to install flash because it opens up vulnerabilities in every platform. Symantec went so far as to say that it's 'worse than java'. As a web developer and administrator, it's considered bad practice to use flash on my websites for important content, in favour of newer HTML5 standards. Desktop support is being cut now too. On my Fedora 18 Linux desktop, If I require flash, I must use an obsolete version, because Linux development has been discontinued. One of my favourite online games, Glitch, has closed down recently, and the Glitch developers partially blamed the state of flash. I give it 2-3 years of life, at most, by then, every video you see online will be through HTML5, or alternative plugins. But until then, I'm sorry to say folks, but most Internet video will have to be on our PCs.

any way to play online pc like mmorpgs like WOW online just using the 360 and xbox live ?

how do you get youporn ,  i don't have it ?