Mozilla Testing Click-to-Play Option For Plugin Content

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."

Comments

Why did it take so long?!

[Anonymous Coward]

Seriously, this is a no-brainer, that has been implemented by tonnes of extensions. So now that we're at version 4000, why is it suddenly a good idea to implement it?

for javascript?

[sdnoob]

really? you'd get carpel tunnel if you had to click-to-run every script on most commercial sites these days.

no script is more effective but with a learning curve.

but either method will still have the masses turning the 'feature' off (essentially white-listing everything).