Posted on 04-14-2014 08:27 AM
Hey guys we are embarking on removing Pepper Flash from Google Chrome and we have a few ideas however, before I reinvent the wheel I wanted to see what if any suggestions you guys have.
Posted on 04-14-2014 09:44 AM
Hey Mr. Lee, what exactly are you trying to achieve? If it's disabling flash as a plugin, this is a good start, http://krypted.com/mass-deployment/deploying-and-managing-google-chrome-the-rough-guide/ then look at http://www.chromium.org/administrators/policy-list-3#DisabledPlugins
Posted on 04-14-2014 09:59 AM
Basically, I'd like to disable the Google built in Pepper Flash and use the standard Flash Plugin.
Posted on 04-14-2014 10:03 AM
Matt:
You understand that this is not supported by Google and may not even work? That Chrome is a 32-bit app and the "standard" Flash Plugin is 64-bits on modern hardware? That the "standard" Flash Plugin is currently broken on some Mac hardware: http://forums.adobe.com/message/6296305
Posted on 04-14-2014 10:17 AM
Very interesting. Its a company policy so let me pass that info on. Thanks Greg!
Posted on 04-14-2014 11:19 AM
All that said, disabling the Pepper Flash Player and enabling the player in /Library/Internet Plugins using this technique: http://newtriks.com/2012/12/01/how-to-disable-the-chrome-pepper-flash-player/ seems to work. Not sure how you'd do manage that on all your machines, however.
Posted on 04-15-2014 06:32 AM
Yeah thats the hiccup, its a JSON coded preference file.
Posted on 04-15-2014 08:17 AM
"its a JSON coded preference file"
Which is editable. Plenty of JSON modules for various scripting languages. But you need to do it for every user at login, so that probably means a LaunchAgent, and figuring out the needed edits, etc.
Posted on 04-15-2014 08:54 AM
I know the portions to edit. Now its just figuring out how.
Posted on 04-15-2014 09:19 AM
Perfect place to use Python...