With the update of WordPress to version 2.6 you are allow you to switch from the flash uploader or Browser uploader (see the above image).  That was working just fine after upgrading WordPress.  At least it was until I came upon a website that said I did not have Adobe Flash installed in my browser.  I knew I had it installed but went ahead and did the update, which installed Flash 10.

That broke the WordPress Flash based file upload so each time I wanted to upload a file, I had to click the link for Browser based, select the file, then click Upload.  Lots of extra clicks.

Later when I was attempting to post a new Word Press blog entry and upload a file, the Choose File button did not work.

I was forced to select the use “Browser Upload” method instead.  That mean everytime I went to use upload a file I had to change the upload method. I found this anoying.  Research showed Flash 10 introduced a new security measure which prohibits the calling of the File Browse dialog from code. This means all flash based file uploader applications need to be radically changed in order to function with Flash 10. This change is affecting all flash based file uploaders across the web including Pixie, Flickr, WordPress etc.

Okay, so I did not need this headache so I decided to go back to Flash 9.  That was not so simple.  I finally found Flash 9 on the Adobe website.  It was there for developers to use to test software, just assuming everyone would want to use Flash 10.  Then I had to figure out how to uninstall version 10.  If found an unistaller here: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14157 .

Intially the uninstaller stalled when it started to access my Time Machine external drive.  I had to a force quite, take that drive off line, and then start over.  Finally after getting Flash 10 uninstalled, I installed version 9.  Now I can still click to choose the file using the flash uploader, but when when I select a file, it does not seem to upload.  So more trouble shooting is needed.

So the real question, who needs Flash 10 when it crippled things? They should have given a warning before they install.