The applet loading without user action after the Java update sounds like you had already allowed it for that site before (or maybe you haven't got the blocklist

The applet loading without user action after the Java update sounds like you had already allowed it for that site before (or maybe you haven't got the blocklist update yet for some reason?). What you are seeing on Firefox 26+ is all plugins except Flash becoming click-to-play by default: https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2013/09/24/plugin-activation-in-firefox/ https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2013/09/24/plugin-ac...