Re: Search plugins

2019-07-10 Thread EE
that installation is easy to do. If I could either shrink the icon or install the hybrid manually into SeaMonkey, I would use it, but as things are, I do not consider either plugin usable. I suppose there is no bookmarklet that would allow manual installation of search plugins into SeaMonkey

Re: Search plugins

2019-07-09 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
to do. If I could either shrink the icon or install the hybrid manually into SeaMonkey, I would use it, but as things are, I do not consider either plugin usable. I suppose there is no bookmarklet that would allow manual installation of search plugins into SeaMonkey? If the only issue is the size

Re: Search plugins

2019-07-09 Thread EE
icon or install the hybrid manually into SeaMonkey, I would use it, but as things are, I do not consider either plugin usable. I suppose there is no bookmarklet that would allow manual installation of search plugins into SeaMonkey? ___ support-seamonkey mail

Re: Search plugins

2019-07-08 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
EE wrote: Is there any way to add a search plugin manually to SeaMonkey?  I found and was able to edit a search plugin, which was then easy to install in Pale Moon's profile, but SeaMonkey haa no searchplugins directory in its profile any more. I found a search plugin in

Search plugins

2019-07-08 Thread EE
Is there any way to add a search plugin manually to SeaMonkey? I found and was able to edit a search plugin, which was then easy to install in Pale Moon's profile, but SeaMonkey haa no searchplugins directory in its profile any more. I found a search plugin in addons.thunderbird.net for

Re: What is the last SM ESR to use npapi plugins?

2018-12-28 Thread EE
David E. Ross wrote: On 12/27/2018 9:46 AM, EE wrote: Nuno Silva wrote: On 2018-12-25, WaltS48 wrote: On 12/25/18 4:16 PM, Paul in Houston, TX wrote: What is the last SM ESR to use npapi plugins? Thanks. I believe it is this one based on Firefox 52.0 ESR. "For enterprise user

Re: What is the last SM ESR to use npapi plugins?

2018-12-27 Thread WaltS48
On 12/27/18 12:57 PM, David E. Ross wrote: On 12/27/2018 9:46 AM, EE wrote: Nuno Silva wrote: On 2018-12-25, WaltS48 wrote: On 12/25/18 4:16 PM, Paul in Houston, TX wrote: What is the last SM ESR to use npapi plugins? Thanks. I believe it is this one based on Firefox 52.0 ESR

Re: What is the last SM ESR to use npapi plugins?

2018-12-27 Thread David E. Ross
On 12/27/2018 9:46 AM, EE wrote: > Nuno Silva wrote: >> On 2018-12-25, WaltS48 wrote: >> >>> On 12/25/18 4:16 PM, Paul in Houston, TX wrote: >>>> What is the last SM ESR to use npapi plugins? >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>> >>&g

Re: What is the last SM ESR to use npapi plugins?

2018-12-27 Thread EE
Nuno Silva wrote: On 2018-12-25, WaltS48 wrote: On 12/25/18 4:16 PM, Paul in Houston, TX wrote: What is the last SM ESR to use npapi plugins? Thanks. I believe it is this one based on Firefox 52.0 ESR. "For enterprise users who require Java in particular, Firefox 52 Extended Su

Re: What is the last SM ESR to use npapi plugins?

2018-12-26 Thread Frank-Rainer Grahl
x64 only supports Flashfor ages now. You need an x86 version. Nuno Silva wrote: On 2018-12-25, WaltS48 wrote: On 12/25/18 4:16 PM, Paul in Houston, TX wrote: What is the last SM ESR to use npapi plugins? Thanks. I believe it is this one based on Firefox 52.0 ESR. "For enterprise

Re: What is the last SM ESR to use npapi plugins?

2018-12-26 Thread Nuno Silva
On 2018-12-25, WaltS48 wrote: > On 12/25/18 4:16 PM, Paul in Houston, TX wrote: >> What is the last SM ESR to use npapi plugins? >> >> Thanks. > > I believe it is this one based on Firefox 52.0 ESR. > > "For enterprise users who require Java in particular,

Re: What is the last SM ESR to use npapi plugins?

2018-12-25 Thread Paul in Houston, TX
WaltS48 wrote: On 12/25/18 4:16 PM, Paul in Houston, TX wrote: What is the last SM ESR to use npapi plugins? Thanks. I believe it is this one based on Firefox 52.0 ESR. "For enterprise users who require Java in particular, Firefox 52 Extended Support Release (ESR) will keep the

Re: What is the last SM ESR to use npapi plugins?

2018-12-25 Thread WaltS48
On 12/25/18 4:16 PM, Paul in Houston, TX wrote: What is the last SM ESR to use npapi plugins? Thanks. I believe it is this one based on Firefox 52.0 ESR. "For enterprise users who require Java in particular, Firefox 52 Extended Support Release (ESR) will keep the plug-in support en

What is the last SM ESR to use npapi plugins?

2018-12-25 Thread Paul in Houston, TX
What is the last SM ESR to use npapi plugins? Thanks. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey

Re: Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Learn More (fwd)

2018-03-04 Thread Jonathan N. Little
Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote: > Lenovo R60e Celeron. Grab a barebone T61 15.4 or 14.1 with Intel Graphics from ebay. You usually can have them for small change now. You can use the keyboard, battery, memory and harddisk from the 60. Using one with Windows and is fine for SeaMonkey. Should be

Re: Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Learn More (fwd)

2018-03-04 Thread Jonathan N. Little
M.Ross wrote: I tried upgrading to 14.04 LTS shortly after it released, years ago. Not workable on this Lenovo R60e Celeron. So forget 16.04/or better. Most errors that occurred over the years since I installed 12.04 LTS proved to be graphical - according to Ubuntu -- Not Debian nor Ubuntu

Re: Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Learn More (fwd)

2018-03-04 Thread Frank-Rainer Grahl
lso the processor and ram should be upgradable on the 60. FRG M.Ross wrote: Re: Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Learn More (fwd) Thu, 1 Mar 2018 19:09 -0800 NoOp wrote: On 2/28/2018 8:13 AM, M.Ross wrote: Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Le

Re: Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Learn More (fwd)

2018-03-04 Thread M.Ross
Re: Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Learn More (fwd) Thu, 1 Mar 2018 19:09 -0800 NoOp wrote: On 2/28/2018 8:13 AM, M.Ross wrote: Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Learn More Am I missing something? No Webmaster? So, why advertise it? Via

Re: Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Learn More

2018-03-01 Thread Frank-Rainer Grahl
pdates will also stay broken. Mozilla denied the project access to the update server. We now need to set up our own and this will take time. FRG M.Ross wrote: Re: Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Learn More On 2018-02-28 11:13 AM, M.Ross wrote: Missing? URL at: Brows

Re: Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Learn More (fwd)

2018-03-01 Thread NoOp
On 2/28/2018 8:13 AM, M.Ross wrote: > Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Learn More > > Am I missing something? No Webmaster? So, why advertise it? > > Via Linux Seamonkey v2.49.1 on Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS You might want to upgrade to 16.04.2 LTS: http://rele

Re: Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Learn More (fwd)

2018-03-01 Thread EE
WaltS48 wrote: Can Seamonkey Browser be easily extracted from the Suite? Just use the browser and bookmarks? No Chat, Composer, Mail/News/Addressbook/ etc? I don't use more than browser and bookmarks anyway. Alpine is still the most reliable and usable for mail/news service. Separated from

Re: Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Learn More

2018-03-01 Thread M.Ross
Re: Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Learn More On 2018-02-28 11:13 AM, M.Ross wrote: Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Learn More Am I missing something? No Webmaster? So, why advertise it? ... Thu, 1 Mar 2018 08:50 +0100 Frank-Rainer

Re: Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Learn More

2018-03-01 Thread M.Ross
Re: Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Learn More Wed, 28 Feb 2018 13:55 -0500 WaltS48 wrote: On 02/28/2018 11:13 AM, M.Ross wrote: Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Learn More Am I missing something? No Webmaster? So, why advertise it? Via

Re: Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Learn More (fwd)

2018-02-28 Thread Frank-Rainer Grahl
/SeaMonkey/seamonkey-project-org/ File a bug and add a patch. Set a reviewer. You can add me if you want. Only filing a bug won't get it fixed btw. FRG Chris Ilias wrote: On 2018-02-28 11:13 AM, M.Ross wrote: Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Learn More Am I missing

Re: Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Learn More (fwd)

2018-02-28 Thread Chris Ilias
On 2018-02-28 11:13 AM, M.Ross wrote: Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Learn More Am I missing something? No Webmaster? So, why advertise it? Via Linux Seamonkey v2.49.1 on Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS Select: Top Menu - Help - About Plugins -- and see: -snip- Installed

Re: Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Learn More (fwd)

2018-02-28 Thread WaltS48
On 02/28/2018 11:13 AM, M.Ross wrote: Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Learn More Am I missing something? No Webmaster? So, why advertise it? Via Linux Seamonkey v2.49.1 on Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS Select: Top Menu - Help - About Plugins -- and see: -snip- Installed

Re: Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Learn More (fwd)

2018-02-28 Thread Jonathan N. Little
M.Ross wrote: Via Linux Seamonkey v2.49.1 on Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS Are you saying you are still running 12.04.5 LTS? Dude you need to upgrade! ;-) 12.04 is well passed its sell-by date. You should be on at lease 14.04 LTS and that release goes EOL next year and 16.04 would be a better long

Re: Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Learn More

2018-02-28 Thread M.Ross
Re: Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Learn More Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:33 -0500 WaltS48 wrote: On 2/28/18 11:13 AM, M.Ross wrote: I appreciate the efforts of the volunteer coders working on Seamonkey! But too much seems amiss and not solvable in reasonable time frames

Re: Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Learn More (fwd)

2018-02-28 Thread WaltS48
On 2/28/18 11:13 AM, M.Ross wrote: I appreciate the efforts of the volunteer coders working on Seamonkey! But too much seems amiss and not solvable in reasonable time frames. Modularize Seamonkey, separate it into individual - workable - applications. Those are called Firefox and

Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Learn More (fwd)

2018-02-28 Thread M.Ross
Missing? URL at: Browser Top Menu - Help - About Plugins - Learn More Am I missing something? No Webmaster? So, why advertise it? Via Linux Seamonkey v2.49.1 on Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS Select: Top Menu - Help - About Plugins -- and see: -snip- Installed plugins Missing something? Some plugins

Re: Plugins and Extensions

2017-12-28 Thread Arnie Goetchius
j.e.laba...@gmail.com wrote: > On Monday, November 6, 2017 at 8:11:08 AM UTC-5, Nuno Silva wrote: >> On 2017-11-06, Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote: >> >>> Currently all are a problem because webextension support is not there >>> yet. >> >> Is addons.mozilla.org non-webextension-friendly, or should we

Re: Plugins and Extensions

2017-12-27 Thread j . e . labarre
On Monday, November 6, 2017 at 8:11:08 AM UTC-5, Nuno Silva wrote: > On 2017-11-06, Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote: > > > Currently all are a problem because webextension support is not there > > yet. > > Is addons.mozilla.org non-webextension-friendly, or should we start > looking elsewhere for

Re: installed plugins

2017-12-27 Thread mozilla-lists . mbourne
Lee wrote: On 12/24/17, mozilla-lists.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: Enabled plugins are: * VLC Web Plugin * Adobe Acrobat * Java(TM) Playform SE 8 You're a braver man than I, Gunga Din. Have you seen https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102214/discuss A remote attacker can exploit

Re: installed plugins

2017-12-24 Thread Lee
On 12/24/17, David E. Ross <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote: > On 12/24/2017 2:24 PM, Lee wrote: >> On 12/24/17, David E. Ross <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote: >>> On 12/24/2017 12:39 PM, Lee wrote: >>>> On 12/24/17, mozilla-lists.mbou...@spamgourme

Re: installed plugins

2017-12-24 Thread David E. Ross
On 12/24/2017 2:24 PM, Lee wrote: > On 12/24/17, David E. Ross <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote: >> On 12/24/2017 12:39 PM, Lee wrote: >>> On 12/24/17, mozilla-lists.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: >>>> >>>> Enabled plugins are: >>>> * VLC

Re: installed plugins

2017-12-24 Thread Lee
On 12/24/17, David E. Ross <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote: > On 12/24/2017 12:39 PM, Lee wrote: >> On 12/24/17, mozilla-lists.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: >>> >>> Enabled plugins are: >>> * VLC Web Plugin >>> * Adobe Acrobat >>> * Ja

Re: installed plugins

2017-12-24 Thread David E. Ross
On 12/24/2017 12:39 PM, Lee wrote: > On 12/24/17, mozilla-lists.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: >> >> Enabled plugins are: >> * VLC Web Plugin >> * Adobe Acrobat >> * Java(TM) Playform SE 8 > > You're a braver man than I, Gunga Din. > > Have you se

Re: installed plugins

2017-12-24 Thread Lee
On 12/24/17, mozilla-lists.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: > > Enabled plugins are: > * VLC Web Plugin > * Adobe Acrobat > * Java(TM) Playform SE 8 You're a braver man than I, Gunga Din. Have you seen https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102214/discuss A remote attacker can exp

Re: Plugins and Extensions

2017-11-06 Thread nunojsilva
sion, so it will >>>>  > continue to work when Firefox upgrades to 57 in just 9 days from >>>>  > when I post this posting. >>>> >>>> So the problem will exist when SM will upgrade to a certains point ... >>>> >>>> Will tha

Re: Plugins and Extensions

2017-11-06 Thread Frank-Rainer Grahl
irefox upgrades to 57 in just 9 days from  > when I post this posting. So the problem will exist when SM will upgrade to a certains point ... Will that means that all Plugins will cease functionning ? Plugins are Flash, Silverlight and so on. Extensions are uBlock Origin, NoScript and the like

Re: Plugins and Extensions

2017-11-05 Thread Ray_Net
t when SM will upgrade to a certains point ... Will that means that all Plugins will cease functionning ? Plugins are Flash, Silverlight and so on. Extensions are uBlock Origin, NoScript and the like. uBlock Origin web extension won't work in SeaMonkey, nor will any other web extension. Users will

Re: Plugins and Extensions

2017-11-05 Thread WaltS48
ins point ... Will that means that all Plugins will cease functionning ? Plugins are Flash, Silverlight and so on. Extensions are uBlock Origin, NoScript and the like. uBlock Origin web extension won't work in SeaMonkey, nor will any other web extension. Users will be stuck using old XUL e

Plugins and Extensions

2017-11-05 Thread Ray_Net
I have readed this: > uBlock Origin is already written as pure WebExtension, so it will > continue to work when Firefox upgrades to 57 in just 9 days from > when I post this posting. So the problem will exist when SM will upgrade to a certains point ... Will that means that al

Re: no plugins with current SM version

2016-12-10 Thread Frank-Rainer Grahl
Plans have not been finalized and its for the council to decide but I think yes, we will see a 2.49ESR. Check the latest Status Meeting notes where this has been discussed: https://wiki.mozilla.org/SeaMonkey/StatusMeetings/2016-12-06 FRG Mason83 wrote: use Gecko Media Player anymore next

Re: no plugins with current SM version

2016-12-10 Thread Mason83
add-ons will be supported at least until the end of 2017. >> >> References: >> >> https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2015/10/08/npapi-plugins-in-firefox/ >> https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2016/07/20/reducing-adobe-flash-usage-in-firefox/ >> https

Re: no plugins with current SM version

2016-12-10 Thread Piscium
s: > > https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2015/10/08/npapi-plugins-in-firefox/ > https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2016/07/20/reducing-adobe-flash-usage-in-firefox/ > https://www.fxsitecompat.com/en-CA/docs/2016/plug-in-support-has-been-dropped-other-than-flash/

Re: no plugins with current SM version

2016-12-10 Thread Piscium
copy your gecko-mediaplayer files over to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins Instead of coping I created symlinks, and it seems to work well so far. Thanks for your help. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozil

Re: no plugins with current SM version

2016-12-09 Thread Mason83
/ SeaMonkey devs can do about it. > > Binary Add-ons will stop working in SeaMonkey 2.50. > > Only normal add-ons will be supported at least until the end of 2017. References: https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2015/10/08/npapi-plugins-in-firefox/ https://blog.mozilla.org/f

Re: no plugins with current SM version

2016-12-08 Thread Frank-Rainer Grahl
rename pluginreg.dat to pluginreg.dat_bak Restart SeaMonkey and see if your plugins are back. I am writing this email with SeaMonkey 2.40. Everything is fine. The problem seems to be that the Aurora version is not picking up plugins that are stored _outside_ the SM profile (see directory list below),

Re: no plugins with current SM version

2016-12-08 Thread NoOp
On 12/08/2016 06:24 PM, Piscium wrote: > On 9 December 2016 at 01:31, NoOp <gl...@sbcglobal.net.invalid> wrote: > >>> # ls /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/ >>> gecko-mediaplayer-dvx.so gecko-mediaplayer-rm.so >>> gecko-mediaplayer-wmp.so libjavaplugin

Re: no plugins with current SM version

2016-12-08 Thread Piscium
On 9 December 2016 at 01:31, NoOp <gl...@sbcglobal.net.invalid> wrote: >> # ls /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/ >> gecko-mediaplayer-dvx.so gecko-mediaplayer-rm.so >> gecko-mediaplayer-wmp.so libjavaplugin.so >> gecko-mediaplayer-qt.so gecko-mediaplayer.so

Re: no plugins with current SM version

2016-12-08 Thread NoOp
uginreg.dat_bak >> Restart SeaMonkey and see if your plugins are back. > > I am writing this email with SeaMonkey 2.40. Everything is fine. The > problem seems to be that the Aurora version is not picking up plugins > that are stored _outside_ the SM profile (see directory

Re: no plugins with current SM version

2016-12-08 Thread Piscium
On 9 December 2016 at 00:22, NoOp <gl...@sbcglobal.net.invalid> wrote: > Could be that your pluginreg.dat file is corrupted. Close SeaMonkey and > goto > ~/.mozilla/seamonkey/ > and rename pluginreg.dat to pluginreg.dat_bak > Restart SeaMonkey and see if your plugins ar

Re: no plugins with current SM version

2016-12-08 Thread NoOp
On 12/08/2016 03:33 PM, Piscium wrote: > On 8 December 2016 at 23:04, Piscium <grok...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Fedora amd64 I tried a Alkala build and the SM Aurora build >> available in the SM website and I had the same problem in both: all >> the plugins that I

Re: no plugins with current SM version

2016-12-08 Thread Piscium
On 8 December 2016 at 23:04, Piscium <grok...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fedora amd64 I tried a Alkala build and the SM Aurora build > available in the SM website and I had the same problem in both: all > the plugins that I have installed with the Fedora package manager > (Gec

no plugins with current SM version

2016-12-08 Thread Piscium
On Fedora amd64 I tried a Alkala build and the SM Aurora build available in the SM website and I had the same problem in both: all the plugins that I have installed with the Fedora package manager (Gecko, Flash, IcedTea) don't appear (about:plugins is empty), also all the dictionaries are gone

Re: Add-on Manager Plugins - Updates?

2016-06-11 Thread bumbpetrica
duminică, 13 martie 2011, 08:09:48 UTC+2, Jim P a scris: > nr wrote: > > After opening up the Add-on Manager, the Extensions page has a 'Find > > Updates' option. The Plugins page does not have this, so how does one > > update the Plugins (I have ten showing here)? &

Plugins

2016-05-05 Thread Gerd Schweizer
Seamonkey tells me on some pages that their contents cannot be shown completely because of missing plugins but not which is missing. How can i recognize which plugin(s) is (are) missing? -- Liebe Grüße, Gerd Satelliten FAQ http://www.satgerd.de

Re: Terminology? - was [Re: No More Plugins? (plugin != extension)]

2016-02-28 Thread EE
define the distinction between a 'plugin' and an 'extension' ?" From actually using both plugins and extensions, the Wikipedia description reflects reality. When I open the Add-ons Manager, the items under Extensions are indeed as described in the second bulltet on the Wikipedia page; and the items unde

Re: Terminology? - was [Re: No More Plugins? (plugin != extension)]

2016-02-28 Thread David E. Ross
to enhance in any way a >>>>>>>>>>> standard release. I explicitly disable some longtime features >>>>>>>>>>> such as cookies, JavaScript, and site specified colors/backgrounds. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>&

Re: Add-on Manager Plugins - Updates?

2016-02-28 Thread raflinaldi007
On Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 7:44:30 AM UTC+8, nr wrote: > After opening up the Add-on Manager, the Extensions page has a 'Find > Updates' option. The Plugins page does not have this, so how does one > update the Plugins (I have ten showing here)? > > Thanks for any assistance.

Re: Terminology? - was [Re: No More Plugins? (plugin != extension)]

2016-02-28 Thread Daniel
tion between a 'plugin' and an 'extension' ?" From actually using both plugins and extensions, the Wikipedia description reflects reality. When I open the Add-ons Manager, the items under Extensions are indeed as described in the second bulltet on the Wikipedia page; and the items under Plugins are

Re: Terminology? - was [Re: No More Plugins? (plugin != extension)]

2016-02-28 Thread Daniel
unds. Go to <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug-in#Computing>. There are four bullets; the first two are relevant. Thank you. When I said "official definition" I should have said something like "How does SeaMonkey (or Mozilla) define the distinction between a 'plugin' and an 'extension'

Re: Terminology? - was [Re: No More Plugins? (plugin != extension)]

2016-02-27 Thread EE
/wiki/Plug-in#Computing>. There are four bullets; the first two are relevant. Thank you. When I said "official definition" I should have said something like "How does SeaMonkey (or Mozilla) define the distinction between a 'plugin' and an 'extension' ?" From actually us

Re: Terminology? - was [Re: No More Plugins? (plugin != extension)]

2016-02-27 Thread David E. Ross
;>>> I for one have never seen the need to enhance in any way a >>>>>>>>> standard release. I explicitly disable some longtime features >>>>>>>>> such as cookies, JavaScript, and site specified colors/backgrounds. >>>>>>

Re: Terminology? - was [Re: No More Plugins? (plugin != extension)]

2016-02-27 Thread Daniel
uting>. There are four bullets; the first two are relevant. Thank you. When I said "official definition" I should have said something like "How does SeaMonkey (or Mozilla) define the distinction between a 'plugin' and an 'extension' ?" From actually using both plugins and

Re: Terminology? - was [Re: No More Plugins? (plugin != extension)]

2016-02-26 Thread EE
you. When I said "official definition" I should have said something like "How does SeaMonkey (or Mozilla) define the distinction between a 'plugin' and an 'extension' ?" From actually using both plugins and extensions, the Wikipedia description reflects reality. When I open t

Re: Terminology? - was [Re: No More Plugins? (plugin != extension)]

2016-02-26 Thread David E. Ross
nd site specified colors/backgrounds. >>>>>>> >>>>>> Go to <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug-in#Computing>. There are four >>>>>> bullets; the first two are relevant. >>>>>> >>>>> Thank you. When

Re: Terminology? - was [Re: No More Plugins? (plugin != extension)]

2016-02-26 Thread Daniel
id "official definition" I should have said something like "How does SeaMonkey (or Mozilla) define the distinction between a 'plugin' and an 'extension' ?" From actually using both plugins and extensions, the Wikipedia description reflects reality. When I open the Add-ons

Re: Terminology? - was [Re: No More Plugins? (plugin != extension)]

2016-02-25 Thread David E. Ross
sable some longtime features >>>>> such as cookies, JavaScript, and site specified colors/backgrounds. >>>>> >>>> Go to <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug-in#Computing>. There are four >>>> bullets; the first two are relevant. >>>>

Re: Terminology? - was [Re: No More Plugins? (plugin != extension)]

2016-02-25 Thread Ray_Net
ot;How does SeaMonkey (or Mozilla) define the distinction between a 'plugin' and an 'extension' ?" From actually using both plugins and extensions, the Wikipedia description reflects reality. When I open the Add-ons Manager, the items under Extensions are indeed as described in the second bulltet on t

Re: Terminology? - was [Re: No More Plugins? (plugin != extension)]

2016-02-25 Thread David E. Ross
g-in#Computing>. There are four >> bullets; the first two are relevant. >> > > Thank you. When I said "official definition" I should have said > something like "How does SeaMonkey (or Mozilla) define the > distinction between a 'plugin' and an 'extension'

Re: Terminology? - was [Re: No More Plugins? (plugin != extension)]

2016-02-25 Thread Richard Owlett
On 2/24/2016 6:26 PM, David E. Ross wrote: On 2/24/2016 2:04 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 2/23/2016 7:46 PM, David E. Ross wrote: [snip] Yes, I know the difference between a plugin and an extension. ... But some readers, including myself [even though around since Netscape 4.x], do not.

Re: Terminology? - was [Re: No More Plugins? (plugin != extension)]

2016-02-24 Thread David E. Ross
On 2/24/2016 2:04 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 2/23/2016 7:46 PM, David E. Ross wrote: >> [snip] >> >> Yes, I know the difference between a plugin and an extension. ... >> > > But some readers, including myself [even though around since > Netscape 4.x], do not. > Could you point to an official

Terminology? - was [Re: No More Plugins? (plugin != extension)]

2016-02-24 Thread Richard Owlett
On 2/23/2016 7:46 PM, David E. Ross wrote: [snip] Yes, I know the difference between a plugin and an extension. ... But some readers, including myself [even though around since Netscape 4.x], do not. Could you point to an official definition of the terms "plugin" and "extension"? I for one

Re: No More Plugins? (plugin != extension)

2016-02-23 Thread David E. Ross
On 2/23/2016 5:28 PM, Felix Miata wrote: > David E. Ross composed on 2016-02-23 15:31 (UTC-0800): > >> Are plugins no longer going to work with Mozilla-based applications? I >> do not have many, but those that I do have I use frequently. > > Don't be confusing plugins wi

Re: No More Plugins? (plugin != extension)

2016-02-23 Thread Felix Miata
David E. Ross composed on 2016-02-23 15:31 (UTC-0800): > Are plugins no longer going to work with Mozilla-based applications? I > do not have many, but those that I do have I use frequently. Don't be confusing plugins with extensions. Shockwave, Silverlight, Java and Flash are ex

Re: No More Plugins?

2016-02-23 Thread WaltS48
On 02/23/2016 06:31 PM, David E. Ross wrote: Almost four years ago, I submitted bug # to request user-oriented documentation of the Blocklist capability. This capability can cause plugins to be disabled because they are known to contain malware. Today, a comment was posted to that bug report

Re: No More Plugins?

2016-02-23 Thread WaltS48
On 02/23/2016 06:31 PM, David E. Ross wrote: Almost four years ago, I submitted bug # to request user-oriented documentation of the Blocklist capability. This capability can cause plugins to be disabled because they are known to contain malware. Today, a comment was posted to that bug report

No More Plugins?

2016-02-23 Thread David E. Ross
Almost four years ago, I submitted bug # to request user-oriented documentation of the Blocklist capability. This capability can cause plugins to be disabled because they are known to contain malware. Today, a comment was posted to that bug report that says: > Is this still needed

Re: Add-on Manager Plugins - Updates?

2016-01-26 Thread Ray_Net
nguyenlonme...@gmail.com wrote on 26/01/2016 18:17: Vào 06:44:30 UTC+7 Chủ Nhật, ngày 13 tháng 3 năm 2011, nr đã viết: After opening up the Add-on Manager, the Extensions page has a 'Find Updates' option. The Plugins page does not have this, so how does one update the Plugins (I have ten

Re: Add-on Manager Plugins - Updates?

2016-01-26 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
Ray_Net wrote: nguyenlonme...@gmail.com wrote on 26/01/2016 18:17: Vào 06:44:30 UTC+7 Chủ Nhật, ngày 13 tháng 3 năm 2011, nr đã viết: After opening up the Add-on Manager, the Extensions page has a 'Find Updates' option. The Plugins page does not have this, so how does one update the Plugins

Re: Support For NPAPI Plugins Ends Next Year

2015-10-14 Thread Ray_Net
David E. Ross wrote on 10/10/2015 17:55: Mozilla is ending support for NPAPI plugins by the end on 2016. While the number of plugins I have is not as large as the number of extensions, I consder every one of them important. They are: QuickTime Adobe Acrobat (actually Adobe

Re: Support For NPAPI Plugins Ends Next Year

2015-10-14 Thread WaltS48
On 10/10/2015 11:55 AM, David E. Ross wrote: Mozilla is ending support for NPAPI plugins by the end on 2016. While the number of plugins I have is not as large as the number of extensions, I consder every one of them important. They are: QuickTime Adobe Acrobat (actually Adobe

Re: Support For NPAPI Plugins Ends Next Year

2015-10-12 Thread Edmund Wong
David E. Ross wrote: > Mozilla is ending support for NPAPI plugins by the end on 2016. > Where is this mentioned? Edmund ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey

Re: Support For NPAPI Plugins Ends Next Year

2015-10-12 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
Edmund Wong wrote: David E. Ross wrote: Mozilla is ending support for NPAPI plugins by the end on 2016. Where is this mentioned? Google is your friend: <https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2015/10/08/npapi-plugins-in-firefox/> <http://arstechnica.com/information-technolog

Re: Support For NPAPI Plugins Ends Next Year

2015-10-12 Thread Ray_Net
Lemon Juice wrote on 12/10/2015 00:01: On 2015-10-10 17:55, David E. Ross wrote: Mozilla is ending support for NPAPI plugins by the end on 2016. While the number of plugins I have is not as large as the number of extensions, I consder every one of them important. They are: QuickTime

Re: Support For NPAPI Plugins Ends Next Year

2015-10-12 Thread WaltS48
On 10/12/2015 04:21 AM, Ray_Net wrote: Lemon Juice wrote on 12/10/2015 00:01: On 2015-10-10 17:55, David E. Ross wrote: Mozilla is ending support for NPAPI plugins by the end on 2016. While the number of plugins I have is not as large as the number of extensions, I consder every one of them

Re: Support For NPAPI Plugins Ends Next Year

2015-10-12 Thread Ray_Net
WaltS48 wrote on 12/10/2015 13:36: On 10/12/2015 04:21 AM, Ray_Net wrote: Lemon Juice wrote on 12/10/2015 00:01: On 2015-10-10 17:55, David E. Ross wrote: Mozilla is ending support for NPAPI plugins by the end on 2016. While the number of plugins I have is not as large as the number

Re: Support For NPAPI Plugins Ends Next Year

2015-10-12 Thread Rainer Bielefeld
On 12.10.2015 11:01, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: Where is this mentioned? Hello, and in the mozilla-blog <https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2015/10/08/npapi-plugins-in-firefox/> (for German users: <http://planet.mozilla.de/>)

Re: Support For NPAPI Plugins Ends Next Year

2015-10-12 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
Rainer Bielefeld wrote: On 12.10.2015 11:01, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: Where is this mentioned? Hello, and in the mozilla-blog <https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2015/10/08/npapi-plugins-in-firefox/> (for German users: <http://planet.mozilla.de/>) Entschuldigen Sie

Re: Support For NPAPI Plugins Ends Next Year

2015-10-12 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
Oops, I meant to say "I didn't /ask/ the question, ..." -- War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left. -- Paul B. Gallagher ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org

Re: Support For NPAPI Plugins Ends Next Year

2015-10-12 Thread Rainer Bielefeld
On 12.10.2015 22:42, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: damned, I need new glasses :-/ Rainer ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey

Re: Support For NPAPI Plugins Ends Next Year

2015-10-11 Thread Lemon Juice
On 2015-10-10 17:55, David E. Ross wrote: Mozilla is ending support for NPAPI plugins by the end on 2016. While the number of plugins I have is not as large as the number of extensions, I consder every one of them important. They are: QuickTime Adobe Acrobat (actually Adobe

Support For NPAPI Plugins Ends Next Year

2015-10-10 Thread David E. Ross
Mozilla is ending support for NPAPI plugins by the end on 2016. While the number of plugins I have is not as large as the number of extensions, I consder every one of them important. They are: QuickTime Adobe Acrobat (actually Adobe Reader, not the writer) RealPlayer

Re: Updateing Plugins

2015-03-26 Thread Geoff Welsh
Daniel wrote: On 25/03/15 01:19, pjdkru...@gmail.com wrote: Mozilla never really got any of that part of the Addons Manager working correctly in Firefox, so SeaMonkey has the same weirdness. Mozilla is trying to get away from recommending Plugins so I suspect in the near future some

Re: Updateing Plugins

2015-03-25 Thread Daniel
On 25/03/15 01:19, pjdkru...@gmail.com wrote: Mozilla never really got any of that part of the Addons Manager working correctly in Firefox, so SeaMonkey has the same weirdness. Mozilla is trying to get away from recommending Plugins so I suspect in the near future some of that stuff

Re: Updateing Plugins

2015-03-25 Thread WaltS48
On 03/25/2015 05:11 AM, Daniel wrote: On 25/03/15 01:19, pjdkru...@gmail.com wrote: Mozilla never really got any of that part of the Addons Manager working correctly in Firefox, so SeaMonkey has the same weirdness. Mozilla is trying to get away from recommending Plugins so I suspect in the near

Re: Updateing Plugins

2015-03-24 Thread pjdkrunkt
Mozilla never really got any of that part of the Addons Manager working correctly in Firefox, so SeaMonkey has the same weirdness. Mozilla is trying to get away from recommending Plugins so I suspect in the near future some of that stuff will be ripped out. If you want a specific Plugin, you

Updateing Plugins

2015-03-24 Thread Daniel
I was updating/re-installing some extensions and plug-ins so went to about:addons, did the Extensions and then went to Plugins I have no Plugins installed so, in the middle of the screen, there is a little sub-screen stating You don't have any add-ons of this type installed and a button

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