Tell me more ×
Ask Different is a question and answer site for power users of Apple hardware and software. It's 100% free, no registration required.
up vote 3 down vote favorite
1

I use the ClickToFlash Safari extension, out of concern for Flash security vulnerabilities and to remove annoyances. However, I do not like its replacements for YouTube video players over YouTube's own player.

How can I configure ClickToFlash so that it does not affect YouTube players (whether on YouTube pages or embedded), but blocks/replaces all other Flash? Putting “www.youtube.com/” in the “Allow Flash on these sites:” list works for YouTube itself, but not embedding.

share|improve this question
2  
Have you looked at the sites doing the embedding to check and see if Google is using a pattern of host names you can add in addition to www? Also, have you tried whitelisting *.youtube.com instead of restricting just the www host name? – bmike♦ Jan 3 '12 at 0:02

1 Answer

up vote 3 down vote

bmike's comment prodded me into actually, y'know, reading the manual, which led me to find that the whitelists are in fact substring matches. Therefore these settings work:

enter image description here

I had to find the /v/ URL by looking at the source of a page with a YouTube embedding.

share|improve this answer
Well done - I'm now flash free so I couldn't test this out for you. – bmike♦ Jan 3 '12 at 0:33

Your Answer

 
discard

By posting your answer, you agree to the privacy policy and terms of service.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.