[PLUG] Turning off Firefox "your Adobe Flash player is insecure" nag

[Keith]

type about:config in the firefox browser.


On 12/30/2015 09:48 PM, Randy Stapilus wrote:
> Not a solution exactly, but I've largely switched over to Chrome for
> exactly that reason. No more nags.
> 
> Randy Stapilus
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> On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 8:57 PM, Keith Lofstrom <keithl at gate.kl-ic.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> About 4 times a year, a new insecurity is discovered in Adobe Flash
>> player, and Firefox demands an update.  Until that happens, every
>> flash video requires a click to enable it.  The big problem is,
>> even if the flash player is automatically updated by the distro,
>> ~/.mozilla/pluginreg.dat doesn't get rebuilt by Firefox, so it
>> keeps complaining even after the update.
>>
>> Is there any way to turn off the nag?  I make presentations with
>> embedded flash, and it really sucks to have the nags show up in
>> front of an audience.
>>
>> Keith
>>
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>> Keith Lofstrom          keithl at keithl.com
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