Michael Heiming wrote:
> 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; }

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