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

by pdenya 15y ago

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.
        mistercow 15y ago
        Ah yes, I see now.
- albemuth 15y ago
  A problem I found with Chrome's current implementation is on pages where you don't even know flash is being used, Google Translate and Soundcloud for example, after thinking the site was broken I remembered I had click-to-enable active.
  - strager 15y ago
    Indeed, this happens to me too. And I think this is why Mozilla will need to have a very good UI to tell the user how to fix a broken site (or just fix it for them e.g. through a crowd collective).
tjoff 15y ago
Unfortunately the current implementation breaks some pages for no reason (such as wimp.com that becomes completely unusable).

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

by 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.
- deleted 15y ago
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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.
      - mistercow 15y ago
        Ah yes, I see now.
albemuth 15y ago
A problem I found with Chrome's current implementation is on pages where you don't even know flash is being used, Google Translate and Soundcloud for example, after thinking the site was broken I remembered I had click-to-enable active.
- strager 15y ago
  Indeed, this happens to me too. And I think this is why Mozilla will need to have a very good UI to tell the user how to fix a broken site (or just fix it for them e.g. through a crowd collective).

tjoff 15y ago

Unfortunately the current implementation breaks some pages for no reason (such as wimp.com that becomes completely unusable).