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To take care of the invisible Flash object problem, Firefox could copy what Chrome does for Java applets and have a bar pop up at the top of the whole page, ask

To take care of the invisible Flash object problem, Firefox could copy what Chrome does for Java applets and have a bar pop up at the top of the whole page, asking if you want to allow Flash to run on the site in question.

pdenya 15y ago
If only Chrome did this with it's current click to play implementation
- alanh 15y ago
  Chrome has a click-to-play implementation for Flash? That is not a plugin? Do I have to go to chrome://flags or something?
  - strager 15y ago
    Yes. Preferences > Under the Hood > Privacy > Content Settings > Plug-ins > Click to play Or you can search for "Flash" or "Click to play" to find the setting.
    - aeurielesn 15y ago
      Nice. I didn't know about this until now. Nifty! Although, a bit of a elusive setting.
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    - joejohnson 15y ago
      Wow, thank you for sharing this. I love when Chrome obviates the need an extension to do something simple like this!
- strager 15y ago
  It does, though not with the same UI as the Java plugin: http://i.imgur.com/xHrRX.png http://i.imgur.com/xHrRX.png Clicking the puzzle piece shows a menu to "always allow" or to "enable all Flash applets on this page" (and a few other things). I can see a more obtrusive/apparent UI being implemented if Firefox makes click-to-Flash default.
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  - mistercow 15y ago
    That's not the same interface that I was referring to. I was talking about this: http://i.imgur.com/8lzif.png http://i.imgur.com/8lzif.png
    - notatoad 15y ago
      it's not the same appearance, but it's the same functionality.
      - mistercow 15y ago
        No it's not, because if the Flash object is invisible, it simply does not give you any way to enable them unless you go to the preferences and explicitly add an exception. This was my entire point in the first place, if you look up at the beginning of the thread. For example, turn on click-to-play and then go to pandora.com. If Chrome treated Flash the same as Java, you would still be able to use pandora easily.
        notatoad 15y ago
        read his post again. he's not talking about the click-to-play ui. there's a puzzle piece icon in the taskbar. clicking it displays a drop-down menu, and even if the flash is invisible you can choose the "enable flash on this page" option.
        15y ago
- tjoff 15y ago
  Unfortunately the current implementation breaks some pages for no reason (such as wimp.com that becomes completely unusable).
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ajuc 15y ago
I use Chromium, and have old flash installed. Every page shows me this bar asking me to update flash, with button to enable all flash on this page. It's very convenient, even more than FlashBlock on Firefox was.
fr0ggerz 15y ago
Pandora uses jPlayer to play audio which has an invisible Flash component to play mp3s on browsers that don't support it. If Firefox requires 'click-to-play' on an on-screen piece of Flash to enable it, all sites using jPlayer to play mp3 simply will not work. And of course this doesn't just affect jPlayer, many other players use this technique. Much better -- as mistercow reasons -- to have a pop-up asking you if you wish to run Flash on a particular site and I would love to see an 'always allow' option here.
- tjoff 15y ago
  Doesn't Firefox support mp3?
  - seanp2k2 15y ago
    Guys/gals, Let's please try to explain things instead of just downvoting questions. Try this link http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=2117579 http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=21175... TL;DR there is a licensing issue with the MP3 decoder. It's more complicated than that, but most of it is due to software patents. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3#section_10 http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3#section_10 has more info if you're curious.
obtu 15y ago
The nightlies already have this, in the form of a plugin icon at the extreme left of the location bar.

pdenya 15y ago

If only Chrome did this with it's current click to play implementation

alanh 15y ago
Chrome has a click-to-play implementation for Flash? That is not a plugin? Do I have to go to chrome://flags or something?
- strager 15y ago
  Yes. Preferences > Under the Hood > Privacy > Content Settings > Plug-ins > Click to play Or you can search for "Flash" or "Click to play" to find the setting.
  - aeurielesn 15y ago
    Nice. I didn't know about this until now. Nifty! Although, a bit of a elusive setting.
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  - joejohnson 15y ago
    Wow, thank you for sharing this. I love when Chrome obviates the need an extension to do something simple like this!
strager 15y ago
It does, though not with the same UI as the Java plugin: http://i.imgur.com/xHrRX.png http://i.imgur.com/xHrRX.png Clicking the puzzle piece shows a menu to "always allow" or to "enable all Flash applets on this page" (and a few other things). I can see a more obtrusive/apparent UI being implemented if Firefox makes click-to-Flash default.
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- mistercow 15y ago
  That's not the same interface that I was referring to. I was talking about this: http://i.imgur.com/8lzif.png http://i.imgur.com/8lzif.png
  - notatoad 15y ago
    it's not the same appearance, but it's the same functionality.
    - mistercow 15y ago
      No it's not, because if the Flash object is invisible, it simply does not give you any way to enable them unless you go to the preferences and explicitly add an exception. This was my entire point in the first place, if you look up at the beginning of the thread. For example, turn on click-to-play and then go to pandora.com. If Chrome treated Flash the same as Java, you would still be able to use pandora easily.
      - notatoad 15y ago
        read his post again. he's not talking about the click-to-play ui. there's a puzzle piece icon in the taskbar. clicking it displays a drop-down menu, and even if the flash is invisible you can choose the "enable flash on this page" option.
        15y ago
tjoff 15y ago
Unfortunately the current implementation breaks some pages for no reason (such as wimp.com that becomes completely unusable).

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ajuc 15y ago

I use Chromium, and have old flash installed. Every page shows me this bar asking me to update flash, with button to enable all flash on this page. It's very convenient, even more than FlashBlock on Firefox was.

fr0ggerz 15y ago

Pandora uses jPlayer to play audio which has an invisible Flash component to play mp3s on browsers that don't support it. If Firefox requires 'click-to-play' on an on-screen piece of Flash to enable it, all sites using jPlayer to play mp3 simply will not work. And of course this doesn't just affect jPlayer, many other players use this technique. Much better -- as mistercow reasons -- to have a pop-up asking you if you wish to run Flash on a particular site and I would love to see an 'always allow' option here.

tjoff 15y ago
Doesn't Firefox support mp3?
- seanp2k2 15y ago
  Guys/gals, Let's please try to explain things instead of just downvoting questions. Try this link http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=2117579 http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=21175... TL;DR there is a licensing issue with the MP3 decoder. It's more complicated than that, but most of it is due to software patents. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3#section_10 http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3#section_10 has more info if you're curious.

obtu 15y ago

The nightlies already have this, in the form of a plugin icon at the extreme left of the location bar.