mozilla and plugins

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?

Thanks.

Noah Roberts wrote:

> 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?

Visit; http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html
And install the plugins as needed.

--
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- B. Franklin, 1759

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.

--
Michael Heiming (X-PGP-Sig > GPG-Key ID: EDD27B94)
mail: echo zvpunry@urvzvat.qr | perl -pe 'y/a-z/n-za-m/'
#bofh excuse 23: improperly oriented keyboard

On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 10:54:13 -0700, Noah Roberts
<nroberts@dontemailme.com> wrote:
> 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?
>
> Thanks.

Install the plugins if they are available, or install Adblock and use it
to block any content from sites that require those plugins.


--
Tonight you will pay the wages of sin; Don't forget to leave a tip.

Noah Roberts wrote:
> 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?

Heh, I didn't expect it to be necissary to say I don't want to install
said plugins or said plugins are not available. I figured it would be
obvious that I would install them if I wanted to and they where...

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.
>

Thanks. I will try that.

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.

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.

--
Michael Heiming (X-PGP-Sig > GPG-Key ID: EDD27B94)
mail: echo zvpunry@urvzvat.qr | perl -pe 'y/a-z/n-za-m/'
#bofh excuse 331: those damn raccoons!

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.
>