[661_Pete]

This is not a problem, just an annoyance.

I've just migrated to a desktop with Windows 10 (from two older systems with W7 and XP respectively). BBO runs fine but every time I launch it, it prompts me to "run Adobe Flash" and then asks me to "Allow". This never used to happen on the old systems. I'm running under Firefox. Any suggestions?

[hrothgar]

 661_Pete, on 2020-January-12, 05:21, said:

This is not a problem, just an annoyance.

I've just migrated to a desktop with Windows 10 (from two older systems with W7 and XP respectively). BBO runs fine but every time I launch it, it prompts me to "run Adobe Flash" and then asks me to "Allow". This never used to happen on the old systems. I'm running under Firefox. Any suggestions?

Run the new version of the application

BBO wrote a new version of the BBO application because Flash is being deprecated.
Flash itself is viewed as outdated and very insecure and browsers will (soon) cease to support it altogether.
This is why Windows 10 is requiring you to jump through a bunch of hoops before it allows you to run a flash app.
In the not too distant future, it won't be allowed at all.

[661_Pete]

Thanks for the explanation. I now remember some announcement about the new BBO: but seeing as my bookmark points to http://www.bridgebas...ient/client.php, I've been always loading the older version. So I had a go at the new version just now, for the first time, and find it takes some getting used to! I'll stick with the old one and put up with the annoyance for now - as long as I'm able to!

I didn't know about Flash disappearing. How many other sites and apps are having to upgrade, I wonder....?

[barmar]

 661_Pete, on 2020-January-12, 11:03, said:

I didn't know about Flash disappearing. How many other sites and apps are having to upgrade, I wonder....?

Most sites that had been using Flash only used it for playing videos, it wasn't too hard for them to convert to HTML5 without significant changes to the applications. BBO-type applications in Flash are relatively rare.

Comcast still hasn't converted their streaming app, though.

[661_Pete]

Sticking to the old version, I've now had my keyboard lock up from time to time during play, so that I can't post explanations nor chat - although the mouse still seems to work fine. Is this a consequence of problems with Flash? Never used to happen on XP or W7. Anyway it looks like I'll have to switch to v3 after all...

[diana_eva]

 661_Pete, on 2020-January-17, 15:36, said:

Sticking to the old version, I've now had my keyboard lock up from time to time during play, so that I can't post explanations nor chat - although the mouse still seems to work fine. Is this a consequence of problems with Flash? Never used to happen on XP or W7. Anyway it looks like I'll have to switch to v3 after all...

If you use multiple tabs, and toggle between tabs, there is a bug with Chrome and tabbed browsing. Make the browser window a bit smaller and then maximize again (when it redraws, the tab becomes active again).

[661_Pete]

 diana_eva, on 2020-January-18, 07:36, said:

If you use multiple tabs, and toggle between tabs, there is a bug with Chrome and tabbed browsing. Make the browser window a bit smaller and then maximize again (when it redraws, the tab becomes active again).

No it's not that. I'm using only a single tab, and running under Firefox anyway (as I said in the OP).

I had another look at the new version and have to say I don't like it. One of the problems is in Kibitzing - there's no indication, in the table lists, as to whether kibitzing is disallowed, or allowed only with permission, or free access. I wasted a lot of time clicking the 'Kibitz' tab and then waiting for something to happen.

This needs to be fixed pronto!

[barmar]

 661_Pete, on 2020-January-18, 11:36, said:

No it's not that. I'm using only a single tab, and running under Firefox anyway (as I said in the OP).

Well, we're not making any changes to the old version at this point. We don't have a Flash programmer, and browsers are dropping Flash support later this year.

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I had another look at the new version and have to say I don't like it. One of the problems is in Kibitzing - there's no indication, in the table lists, as to whether kibitzing is disallowed, or allowed only with permission, or free access. I wasted a lot of time clicking the 'Kibitz' tab and then waiting for something to happen.

If kibitzing is restricted, there's a padlock icon in the "Kibitzers" column of the table list.

[661_Pete]

 barmar, on 2020-January-19, 12:58, said:

If kibitzing is restricted, there's a padlock icon in the "Kibitzers" column of the table list.

Oh No there isn't! - not in the new version. Look again!

Old version:


New version:

[pescetom]

Yes, but in the old version you can't see who's prime...

[661_Pete]

 pescetom, on 2020-January-20, 03:43, said:

Yes, but in the old version you can't see who's prime...

Why should I want to know who's paid up for "prime"? I'm not in the least interested. What I want is to watch, or play with, players who can play bridge.

[barmar]

Drag the divider to the right, the padlocks are there.

[661_Pete]

Ah I see it now. Far from obvious - and there is no arrow or other indication that there may be more information to the right of a displayed tab. Why could not the divider be correctly positioned when you first sign in?