519417 - Flash check shouldn't point people to Adobe download for Linux distributions

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Websites :: plugins.mozilla.org, enhancement)

Description

[Wolfgang Rosenauer [:wolfiR]]

IMHO the flash check is pretty suboptimal for Linux distributions as it only points to Adobe's download site. At least openSUSE ships with an rpm-packaged security-maintained (obviously by repacking Adobe's) version of Flash.
I'm wondering if we can do anything to avoid the user's confusion in that case.

A sidenote: The priority should be pretty low because hopefully the version check never claims insecure version if the distribution is fast enough with updates.
But currently there is bug 516167 which is pretty annoying and confusing for the users.

Comment 1

[Chris More [:cmore]]

Closing old Mozilla.org website bugs due to them not being relevant to the new Python-based Bedrock system. Re-open if this is a critical bug and should be resolved on the new system too.

Comment 2

[Samuel Sidler (:ss)]

The Launchpad link is still open, but I'm not sure if the Flash check is still pointing Linux users to Adobe's website. WebQA? Reopening for now...

Comment 3

[MarjaE]

Depending on browser settings, Adobe's website can strobe, trigger migraines, and for some people, trigger seizures, with several refreshes per second. I think it may be a cookie-handling bug. Firefox shouldn't point any users to the website.

Comment 4

[u597032]

Adobe Flash is no longer supported.