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is there a way to natively disable/not load Flash in Firefox? i see that
there's a Flashblock, but is there anything built in?

additionally, i don't seem to have flash player installed, but Flash is
being served somehow, how do i find out which apps is serving Flash and
uninstall it?

thanks

will.

will said the following on 19/07/2004 12:15:

> is there a way to natively disable/not load Flash in Firefox? i see that
> there's a Flashblock, but is there anything built in?
>
> additionally, i don't seem to have flash player installed, but Flash is
> being served somehow, how do i find out which apps is serving Flash and
> uninstall it?
>
> thanks
>
> will.
If you dont have flash installed you will see the get plugin message.

Perhpas you have turned on something to automatically download plugins?

To check your flash status go to http://primetv.co.nz which has two
flash items on its splash page.

I use adblock (which now works fully for all ver of Firefox) and
provides a good way of killing flash that I dont want (I unlike some do
like the odd flash feature on some sites)

On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 12:15:19 +1200, will wrote:

> is there a way to natively disable/not load Flash in Firefox? i see that
> there's a Flashblock, but is there anything built in?
>
> additionally, i don't seem to have flash player installed, but Flash is
> being served somehow, how do i find out which apps is serving Flash and
> uninstall it?

I recommend installing the Flash Click to Play extension in Firefox. That
way you can still see Flash content on the rare occasion you want/need to.

Cheers
Anton

On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 12:15:19 +1200, in message
<40fb12cb$>, will wrote:

> is there a way to natively disable/not load Flash in Firefox? i see that
> there's a Flashblock, but is there anything built in?
>
> additionally, i don't seem to have flash player installed, but Flash is
> being served somehow, how do i find out which apps is serving Flash and
> uninstall it?


In Firefox, enter the URL

aboutlugins

After the aboutlugins page has loaded, scroll down to find the
flash plug-in. The entry may look like this

| File name: npswf32.dll
| Shockwave Flash 6.0 r29
|
| MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
| ----------------------------- ---------------------- -------- -------
| application/x-shockwave-flash Macromedia Flash movie swf Yes
| application/futuresplash FutureSplash movie spl Yes


The plug-in .dll file (in my case "npswf32.dll") is the file which you want
to uninstall.

There is only one shortcoming with the aboutlugins page -- it does not
tell you the full file path to the plug-in .dll file.

To make it show the full path, first enter the URL

about:config

When the about:config page has loaded, scroll down to find the
line

| plugin.expose_full_path default boolean true

Double-click this line, and change the value from false to true.
The line should now show

| plugin.expose_full_path user set boolean true

Now when you go back to the aboutlugins page, it will show the
full path to the plug-in .dll file.

| File name: C:\PROGRAM FILES\NETSCAPE\COMMUNICATOR\PROGRAM\Plugins\npswf3 2.dll
| Shockwave Flash 6.0 r29
|
| MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
| ----------------------------- ---------------------- -------- -------
| application/x-shockwave-flash Macromedia Flash movie swf Yes
| application/futuresplash FutureSplash movie spl Yes



--
Cheers,
Ralph

Change is inevitable. Progress is optional.

> In Firefox, enter the URL
>
> aboutlugins

#### thanks, that did it. it was Opera's plugin.

will.

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 09:35:24 +1200, in message
<40fd9051$>, will wrote:

> thanks, that did it.

You're welcome.