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Mozilla Testing Click-to-Play Option For Plugin Content

Posted by Soulskill on from the but-who-doesn't-like-autoplaying-videos dept.

Trailrunner7 writes "Mozilla is developing a feature in Firefox that would require some user interaction in order for Flash ads, Java scripts and other content that uses plugins to play. In addition to easing system slowdowns, the opt-in for Web plugins is expected to reduce threats posed by exploiting security vulnerabilities in plugins, including zero-day attacks. 'Whether you hate them or love them, content accessed through plugins is still a sizable chunk of the web. So much so, that over 99% of internet users have Flash installed on their browser,' writes Mozilla's Jared Wein, the lead software engineer on the project, in a blog post."

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  1. Re:You mean like by ElmoGonzo · · Score: 3, Informative

    FlashBlock, too.

  2. Re:for javascript? by phayes · · Score: 3, Informative

    I've been using NoScript for years. You whitelist the trusted sites where you need it & the others are just an occasional click.

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  3. Re:for javascript? by amicusNYCL · · Score: 3, Informative

    This doesn't have anything to do with Javascript, Javascript is not a plugin. This affects plugins like Flash, Java, and Silverlight.

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  4. Re:Why did it take so long?! by b4dc0d3r · · Score: 3, Informative

    And, it was the subject of an EOLAS lawsuit against Microsoft, who IIRC had to disable automatically running things in IE for a while (maybe they got that overturned before actually having to implement it).

    EOLAS invents something, patent-trolls, gets $30million (down from the 500+ originally awarded) and 10 years later everyone starts to realize it's a bad idea!