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I find "Click to Play" makes for a better browsing experience, and think this is a fine move for Firefox. Interestingly, Google Chrome recently moved in the op
by nkurz 11y ago
I find "Click to Play" makes for a better browsing experience, and think this is a fine move for Firefox.
Interestingly, Google Chrome recently moved in the opposite direction, and removed support for having Flash off by default and activating with a single click. Instead, they consider Flash to be "important plug-in content". While they allow you to have it off by default, rather than "click to play", they now require that you right click then pull down to "run this plugin" each time you want to activate: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/xPcpRBzyPcc%5B126-150%5D https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/xPcpRB...
I presume this is because they want to discourage people from having Flash off by default, since this would mean they would miss too many Flash ads. I took this as an opportunity to try out some different browsers, and found that Opera met my needs slightly better than Firefox. If you are looking for an alternative to Firefox or Chrome, or just want to see what's out there, you might want to check it out too: http://www.opera.com/ http://www.opera.com/
ps. As an example of the new Google interface strategy, to show all the responses on the Google Chrome Help Forum link above rather than being forced to click on each one, you can press the 'o' key some random number of times until they appear: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/gec-answers-frequently-asked-questions/nwfdaR9x85E https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/gec-answers-f...
- gmurphy 11y agoChrome moved to context click + menu because left click is clickjackable, so doesn't help very much with the security issues.
- nkurz 11y agoI've seen this argument, but don't believe that removing the option for click-to-play improves security. I'd could believe this theory if the default was simulataneously changed to have Flash default to off, but as it is, the result is that more users will choose to keep the default where Flash always on. Surely automatic activation is even less secure than a potentially hijackable click-to-play?
- gmurphy 11y agoI don't believe the small mechanical difference in click activation actually makes a huge difference to uptake numbers, since the big leap is making the choice to have plugins not run by default, with the activation path making no noticeable difference since by then you've already filtered out most people, who just don't care about plugin activation. This feature is driven by the Chrome security/privacy teams, who would have reverted it by now if they saw a regression in usage.
- Manishearth 11y agoI've been click to play on Firefox for a long time now. Faster, less annoying ads (I am okay with nonannoying ads; they help pay for the site), and sites rarely need flash anyway. I think only Gmail and github (for click to copy) need it
- msujaws 11y agoNote, click-to-copy will eventually not need Flash :) See https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.dev.platform/oWhmLMvGAD0 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.dev.platform...