Flash Player 10 Beta breaks file upload

rob-zako
(@rob-zako)

15 years, 11 months ago

I just installed the beta version of Adobe’s new Flash Player 10 and it broke WordPress’s file upload capability. In particular, clicking any of the “Add Media” buttons did correctly display a dialog box to upload or link to media. But then clicking on the “Choose Files to Upload” button did nothing at all. Reinstalling Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0 fixed the problem. Thus I am pretty sure the problem is with Flash Player 10 Beta—not with WordPress or any other configurations on my browser or computer.

But consider this post a heads up about potential problems with Adobe Flash Player 10 one a final version is released.

Note that I am running Mac OS X 10.5.2 (Leopard) and Firefox 2.0.0.14 on an Intel-based MacBook, not that I believe those details are necessarily relevant.

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wordpresszone
(@wordpresszone)

15 years, 5 months ago

Well, I think WordPress Should care about this and come up with a FIX in version 2.7.

We, as webmasters, can’t control if our visitors or surfers download flash 10.. In fact, soon or late, most will download and install it.

Thus, every time they visit our site, they won’t be able to (for example) open an embeded flash video in full screen mode, since the new flash 10, blocks wordpress from opening flash videos in full screen. And this is just an example.

Not to name all the problems we have when we write a new post.

It is always easier, to FIX the server side problem (wordpress script). Than fix millions of flash installations in each of the computers around the world, that visit our site.

One FIX for one site.

alexleonard
(@alexleonard)

15 years, 5 months ago

It’s working fine in the 2.7 beta – and boy is 2.7 looking slick 🙂

bsaitz
(@bsaitz)

15 years, 5 months ago

hey cyberolf,

i tried your patch and now i have only the file uploader – the flash uploader is gone altogether.. hmm… any advice?

thanks!

Emilian Robert Vicol
(@byrev)

15 years, 5 months ago

use non-flash link!

1. Click on “Browser uploader“
2. Click BROWSE [button]
3. Click Upload [button]
4. … and problem is solved. You can upload any files/media !!!

for wp version 2.6.3; 2.6.5

Sushubh
(@sushubh)

15 years, 5 months ago

you do realize that it is hard to upload several items using the non-flash uploader?

alexleonard
(@alexleonard)

15 years, 5 months ago

It definitely looks like it’s either a matter of upgrading to WP 2.7 beta (which is great), or downgrading flash to version 9 in another browser for uploading all your items in.

Don’t think there’s any other option at the moment.

Sushubh
(@sushubh)

15 years, 5 months ago

so flash 10 is compatible with wordpress 2.7 latest builds?

if this is true, i would update flash on my computer.

or maybe not… zooomr and flickr are also probably affected 🙁

alexleonard
(@alexleonard)

15 years, 5 months ago

Well it’s been working fine for me – I think they’ve dropped flash or something though – there was mention of Gears being used for the uploader, but I’m not clued in enough to know exactly what’s going on.

2.7 is rocking though 🙂

AllenAyres
(@allenayres)

15 years, 4 months ago

@mikechambers: I’m not interested in discussing a solution. We don’t write Flash code for WordPress, we used other freely available code, which Adobe broke. This is not a matter of us fixing it, it’s a matter of us picking up their fixes, or us using a better solution than Flash.

Wow, Adobe makes a change to fix a security issue 6+ months ago and you guys won’t even talk to them about it? I realize swupload is a 3rd party app, but it was WP’s decision to use it. Flash is everywhere, either fix it (WP’s upload) or include a better solution. I am puzzled by the public attitude.

Sushubh
(@sushubh)

15 years, 4 months ago

whoa one day old spam still remains on the forum!

anyways. i have not updated to flash 10 so i cannot confirm whether the latest builts of 2.7 work with it or not.

lukew
(@lukew)

15 years, 4 months ago

I’m running WP 2.5.1

Is there a fix for this issue in this version? I’ve seen ‘Browser Upload’ mentioned a couple of times, but I can’t seem to find any non-flash upload method for images. Any ideas?

Moderator Samuel Wood (Otto)
(@otto42)

WordPress.org Admin

15 years, 4 months ago

Wow, Adobe makes a change to fix a security issue 6+ months ago and you guys won’t even talk to them about it?

Adobe’s “security issue” is theoretical nonsense. I’m sorry, but they have yet to demonstrate any real-world attack, even though they claim one exists.

Furthermore, other systems exist that allow the same sort of functionality that they have crippled. Google Gears has no problem letting you launch a file browser window from Javascript; heck, they even created this functionality specifically because browsers lack it and people want it.

Even furthermore, the community in general TOLD them that their change was crap 6 months ago, and that it would break everything. What did we get in return? Dead silence, followed by them breaking everything in the world 6 months later. No, you know what? Screw Adobe. They’re idiots.

I realize swupload is a 3rd party app, but it was WP’s decision to use it. Flash is everywhere, either fix it (WP’s upload) or include a better solution.

First off, it’s not up to the WP team to fix it. They’re using a 3rd party app. The choices are therefore limited to a) upgrade the app to a fixed version or b) use a different solution. WP went with option A for now. I’m still working on implementing option B for 2.8, in order to help WP ditch Flash entirely.

Second, it *is* fixed. SWFUpload created a workaround for it, and WordPress 2.7 includes that workaround. It makes the button look wrong in most browsers, so I consider it a bad hack (and an extreme embarrassment for Adobe for even suggesting such a stupid thing), but it does work.

I am puzzled by the public attitude.

That would be *my* attitude, mind you. My opinions are my own, nobody else’s. And yes, I think Adobe really screwed the pooch on this one.

lukew
(@lukew)

15 years, 4 months ago

Soooo…Just to make sure I’m understanding the bottom line of the banter here…basically the work around for my issue in 2.5.1 is to upgrade to 2.7?

since78
(@since78)

15 years, 4 months ago

So I used that patch to fix the flash image uploader and now when I try to log in to admin I get this:

http://since78.briangossett.com/wp-admin/

Any idea on how to fix it? Thanks!

gatorgse
(@gatorgse)

15 years, 4 months ago

I went back to Flash 9, but still get the image was only partially uploaded message. Cleared js cache etc. Deleted and readded upload.php to wp 2.7. Any other suggestions?