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Mozilla may make Flash click-to-play by default in future Firefox

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Re: Mozilla may make Flash click-to-play by default in future Firefox

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Not just flash, all plugins, which is a good security idea, considering how Microsoft likes to slip in theirs via windows update. I see the setting in FF12b5 but not sure if it works yet.

The about:config setting currently works only in Firefox 14, available on the Nightly channel: http://nightly.mozilla.org/

Re: Mozilla may make Flash click-to-play by default in future Firefox

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Very good Idea I think. Flashblock is one of the most useful plugins to me right now. Although I think that mozilla will definitely have to implement a very easily accessible whitelist to go along. Otherwise, it will become slightly annoying for people with slow internet connections who rely on loading e.g. loading videos while surfing in another tab and the like.

Re: Mozilla may make Flash click-to-play by default in future Firefox

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I am so happy that I can barely contain myself. Hopefully this means Flash will now be used for important things, instead of shoving ads in my face that I can't dismiss, and follow my scroll bar.

You say that now, but just wait until they're written in JS+Canvas and enormously more difficult to block.
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