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Flash Free OS X and Safari

OS X now ships without Flash installed by default. While you can install it, maybe you want to avoid any potential performance issues and try running without it. A new Mac with a fresh install is a great time to give this a try -- I am.

~ last updated 10 months ago ~

Gruber's original post on how to go flash free on OS X.

Daring Fireball: Going Flash-Free on Mac OS X, and How to Cheat When You Need It

Last week I mentioned that, following Steven Frank’s lead, I’d completely disabled Flash Player on my Mac.? But I have a cheat, for web pages with Flash content with no non-Flash workaround. I’m really happy with this setup, so I thought I’d document it here.

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Safari Extension: YouTube5

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  • Name: YouTube5
  • Author: Connor McKay | Website | Download
  • Description: Unified HTML5 video player

Run YouTube flash free by swapping automagically to the HTML5 YouTube viewer

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Safari Extension: HTML5 Audio

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  • Name: HTML5 Audio
  • Author: Shaun Inman | Website | Download
  • Description: Replaces the Tumblr, WordPress, AOL & JWPlayer Flash audio players with the HTML5 audio element
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HTML5 Audio Safari Extension // ShaunInman.com

After listening to John talk about going Flash-free and then reading the secret to his success I thought I would give it a try. First thing I did after disabling the plugin was open up Fever to see how it would impact my daily browsing experience. Almost immediately I hit a snag....I subscribe to a number of blogs that post audio files on a regular basis...

HTML5 Audio Safari extension replaces a number of Flash-based audio players with the HTML5 audio element.

Get the HTML5 Audio extension here.

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