On 02/17/2012 10:32 AM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: > WLS wrote: > >> On 02/17/2012 10:17 AM, Philip TAYLOR wrote: >>> >>> WLS wrote: >>> >>>> Failed to provide a link so we could check the site. >>> >>> Any site that requires a plug-in that the user does not >>> have currently installed. Since I have no idea which >>> plug-ins anyone else has installed, there is little >>> point in referring them to any specific URL. This >>> one (taken at random from Youtube) demonstrates the >>> problem on my machine; whether it would do the same >>> for those who already have the necessary plug-in >>> seems moot. >>> >>> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRFv5ynyoF0> >> >> That one would be Flash. >> >> So what does about:plugins show for you? >> >> Mine shows: >> >> Shockwave Flash >> Java >> Quicktime >> DivX Web Player >> VLC Multimedia >> Windows Media Player >> >> Help for installing plugins is available from >> <http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/> > > I'm sure Philip knows, as most of us do, how to install a particular > plugin. What he's concerned about -- and I have been, too -- is that > "Install plugin..." seems to be asking the user to write a blank check. > It doesn't say "learn more..." or something, it seems to want permission > to install some unnamed software with no understanding of its source or > nature. How many sane people will do that? >
Hope he solves his problem. I just disabled all my plugins, restarted SeaMonkey and the video at that link still played for me. View Page Source shows the page encoded in HTML5, so is probably using the <video> tag somewhere. The missing plugin issue is being addressed. In the road map for the second half of this year. https://wiki.mozilla.org/Improved_missing_plugin_experience -- Thunderbird Daily | openSUSE 11.4 Linux Get openSUSE: http://software.opensuse.org/121/en _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
