FedEx seems to be indicating they are not quite ready for Adobe Flash to go away, by offering certain customers a $5.00 coupon to enable it. This was likely triggered by the mass migration of browsers from Adobe's much beleaguered media program; Chrome only loads Flash content after user intervention and both Edge and Firefox will soon discontinue support as well. The offer is for FedEx Office Print customers but you can certainly take a peek yourself if you want to try it, though The Register cautions against abusing it lest we all lose the benefit. There is a link to download Flash on FedEx's website but if you do decide to update or install Flash we would suggest you head straight to Adobe to get it.
"The offer's being made to users of FedEx Office Print, the custom printing tentacle of the transport company. FedEx Office Print lets customers design posters, signs, manuals, banners and even promotional magnets."
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With the rates they charge,
With the rates they charge, I’m sure they could afford to pay someone for a bit of time to rewrite whatever part of their site that still depends on Flash.
You would think so; then
You would think so; then again I support their shipping manager software antisocially and its update procedure is a terrifying mess.
It’s best to avoid Flash and
It’s best to avoid Flash and avoid FedEx until they get their HTML5 Ducks in order. Does that $5.00 come with ID theft protection. Avoid Flash and put up the ad blockers on any websites that recommend installing that Flash PC Pawning Vector!
Whats next 10 dollar coupons
Whats next 10 dollar coupons to disable encryption ;}
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