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August 3, 2003

Quicktime, Acrobat Annoyances?

Ever annoyed by how clicking on a link to a .mov or a .pdf file causes it to load in-place in the full-page plugin instead of downloading to disk and then viewing in standalone Quicktime or Acrobat? Then I have something for you. I've made it so Firebird will let you deactivate plugins for various file types. This does not interfere with <object> tags so sites like the Apple Trailers site and others that integrate plugins into the site GUI are not disrupted.

Coming to a Firebird nightly and 0.7 soon.

Posted by ben at August 3, 2003 8:26 PM

Comments

That's great news! Thanks!

Posted by: jacob at August 3, 2003 8:54 PM

What I really want is a checkbox for Flash like I have for Java. The only reason I don't install Flash is that I can't enable/disable on the fly. I'm sure there's a Bug for it somewhere.

Of course so many people seem to be complaining that the Flash installer breaks FB and that Java sucks...

Glad to see you're "back"

Posted by: alanjstr at August 4, 2003 6:23 AM

do it! I hate having to dig around for the location of the asx file so that I can put it into mmsclient or SDP to dl a stream that is for a higher bandwith then what I have... blah...

btw can't wait for this release ;)

Posted by: break object! at August 4, 2003 4:11 PM

http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147309

that adobe bug abou6t MOzilla ignoring adobe's settings is really annoying and if Firebird detected the setting automatically and disabled in-browser pdfs I would really love it

Posted by: adobeme at August 5, 2003 8:30 AM

http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19118
Bug 19118 should be implemented into firebird. It is a UI for a plugin manager. Part of the bug is about what you and others are suggesting. Take a look.

Posted by: Matt at August 5, 2003 1:05 PM

alanjstr, the "Flash click to view" extension might suit your needs. With it installed, all Flash objects are disabled until clicked:

http://ted.mielczarek.org/code/mozilla/

Posted by: jacob at August 5, 2003 5:02 PM

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