OT Youtube flash video no longer shows "Stop Download" on right click menu!

All of a sudden... When I right click on a Youtube video, the menu is
missing the "Stop Download" selection. In both Internet Explorer and
Firefox. Can that sort of thing be done on the server side? Sure
looks like it. I have a dozen incremental copies of the Windows
partition. I have regressed twice, to a windows installation that I
know is before this problem showed up. So I'm wondering how it could
possibly be a setting on my end. But I will be a little bit surprised
to hear that the server can cause the right click menu to change. So
I'm confused.

Thanks.

Of course I'll post a reply if I figure it out.





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don't suggest obvious stuff.

On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:31:47 +0000 (UTC), John Doe wrote:

All of a sudden... When I right click on a Youtube video, the menu is
missing the "Stop Download" selection. In both Internet Explorer and
Firefox. Can that sort of thing be done on the server side? Sure
looks like it. I have a dozen incremental copies of the Windows
partition. I have regressed twice, to a windows installation that I
know is before this problem showed up. So I'm wondering how it could
possibly be a setting on my end. But I will be a little bit surprised
to hear that the server can cause the right click menu to change. So
I'm confused.

Thanks.

Of course I'll post a reply if I figure it out.

It doesn't have to be on the server - it can be in the web page, either
in HTML or JavaScript, for example.

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

"Gene E. Bloch" not-me other.invalid wrote:

John Doe wrote:

All of a sudden... When I right click on a Youtube video, the
menu is missing the "Stop Download" selection. In both Internet
Explorer and Firefox. Can that sort of thing be done on the
server side? Sure looks like it. I have a dozen incremental
copies of the Windows partition. I have regressed twice, to a
windows installation that I know is before this problem showed
up. So I'm wondering how it could possibly be a setting on my
end. But I will be a little bit surprised to hear that the
server can cause the right click menu to change. So I'm
confused.

It doesn't have to be on the server - it can be in the web page,
either in HTML or JavaScript, for example.

That explains it. I guess that would be considered on the server.
Apparently Youtube changed those options in one fell swoop,
yesterday. The only other possibility that came to mind is some
Youtube profile setting of mine, but I'm sure that's not correct.

For now, I will use the flash player settings to limit the amount
of stored data. My connection sucks, so I have to conserve.

On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 19:07:41 +0000 (UTC), John Doe wrote:

"Gene E. Bloch" not-me other.invalid wrote:

John Doe wrote:

All of a sudden... When I right click on a Youtube video, the
menu is missing the "Stop Download" selection. In both Internet
Explorer and Firefox. Can that sort of thing be done on the
server side? Sure looks like it. I have a dozen incremental
copies of the Windows partition. I have regressed twice, to a
windows installation that I know is before this problem showed
up. So I'm wondering how it could possibly be a setting on my
end. But I will be a little bit surprised to hear that the
server can cause the right click menu to change. So I'm
confused.

It doesn't have to be on the server - it can be in the web page,
either in HTML or JavaScript, for example.

That explains it. I guess that would be considered on the server.
Apparently Youtube changed those options in one fell swoop,
yesterday. The only other possibility that came to mind is some
Youtube profile setting of mine, but I'm sure that's not correct.

For now, I will use the flash player settings to limit the amount
of stored data. My connection sucks, so I have to conserve.

I realize I was a possibly bit unclear: I didn't mean it can't be on the
server, but that it could be elsewhere as well.

My knowledge is limited[1], but I have coded some JavaScript on a web
page to control how things are displayed.

[1] OK, *very* limited :-)

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)