Mouse vertical scroll over Flash, not working

[Eduard Bonet]

2006/10/16, Bry Melvin <brymelvin at melvinart.com>:
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> --- Eduard Bonet <bonedu at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Has anyone experienced that in Firefox and
> > Konqueror, one can not start
> > vertical scroll with the mouse wheel when the cursor
> > is just over a flash?
> >
> > I am using Edgy but this also happened with Dapper.
> > And a guy in another
> > list confirmed me this strange thing, but had no
> > explanation for it.
> > > --
> > kubuntu-users mailing list
> > kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> >
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users
> >
> Yes: the code in flash if you hover over it causes it
> to overide other things.
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> If you use Flashblock extension it will cause the icon
> seen instead of the flash to change to an arrow, but
> I'm not on a machine with flashblock today so I'm not
> sure if this will restore other function.
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> This is handy for advertisers using flash but a
> nuisance for everyone else.
>
> Personally I've started blocking adservers to cut down
> on the nuisance factors.
>
> Bryann


But this doesn't happen with firefox under windows. Anyway, i can live with
it, just wanted at least to know why this happens.
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