Add-on Compatibility for Firefox 30
Firefox 30 will be released on June 10th. Here’s the list of changes that went into this version that can affect add-on compatibility. There is more information available in Firefox … Read more
Articles tagged with “plugin”
Plugin Activation in Firefox
Benjamin Smedberg wrote an update on plugin handling in Firefox that I think you should give a read: Plugin Activation in Firefox. In a nutshell, all plugins except Flash will … Read more
Java 7 Update 7 Blocked
Jata 7 Update 7 is vulnerable to a critical security bug that could lead attackers to compromise the user’s system through the Java plugin. The vulnerability is currently being exploited, … Read more
Click-to-play plugin blocks coming in Firefox 17
Firefox 17, coming out today on Beta, introduces a new solution for dealing with vulnerable or outdated plugins. Plugins that are blocked with the click-to-play flag will not load by … Read more
Prompting our users to update their plugins
Firefox users who have outdated versions of the most popular plugins will soon see a notification urging them to update when they visit a web page that uses them. Old … Read more
Blocking old versions of Silverlight on Mac OS X
Old versions of the Silverlight plugin for Mac OS X have been added to the Firefox add-on blocklist. We did this because these versions of the plugin are causing instability … Read more