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Old 07-04-2005
Michael Heiming
 
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Default Re: mozilla and plugins

In comp.os.linux.misc Noah Roberts <nroberts@dontemailme.com>:
> Michael Heiming wrote:
>> In comp.os.linux.misc Noah Roberts <nroberts@dontemailme.com>:
>>
>>>How do I get mozilla to stop bitching about plugins? I have certain
>>>websites I frequent a lot and some have ads that use flash or some other
>>>plugin I don't have. I get sick of it popping up an error dialog every
>>>damn time asking if I want to search for the right plugin. How do I
>>>make it stop?

>>
>>
>> Strange don't have this problem, you could try entering
>> "about:config" in the URL bar and search for "plugin", look for
>> application.use_ns_plugin_finder and set it to false, seems
>> default in my version. Can't say for sure if this helps but worth
>> a try.
>>


> unfortunately that didn't work. It is already set to false. When I run
> into a flash site it pops up an alert and asks if I want to dl it.


Look for chrome/userContent.css in your .mozilla directory and
put this in:

object, embed { display: none; }

Let us know if this works better (untested).;) Using Flashblock
(http://flashblock.mozdev.org/) is another idea getting rid of
unwanted flash ads.

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