History of Why do I have to click to activate plugins? Category: Troubleshooting Revision history for: English Show Helpfulness Votes Chart Compare Selected Revisions Revision Status S Editor R Comment Nov 18, 2020, 10:14:22 AM Current M AliceWyman new image for Flash address bar notification icon Nov 16, 2020, 5:49:56 AM Approved M AliceWyman fixed template name Nov 16, 2020, 5:25:31 AM Approved M Angela Lazar Replace warning with template Nov 14, 2020, 10:43:54 PM Approved M AliceWyman {warning} Adobe Flash EOL Nov 14, 2020, 4:51:17 AM Approved M AliceWyman removed nonworking link Sep 9, 2019, 4:02:08 AM Approved M AliceWyman Can I set a plugin to always activate? and other edits Sep 8, 2019, 10:45:58 PM Approved M AliceWyman Summary, Intro: plugins -> NPAPI plugins Jul 21, 2019, 10:23:29 PM Approved M AliceWyman purged pre-fx60 content Jul 21, 2019, 2:54:01 PM Approved M jscher2000 - Support Volunteer Firefox 69 bug 1519434 removes Always Activate and Remember for Flash Feb 19, 2018, 7:03:24 AM Approved Zppix When --> If Jan 12, 2018, 8:35:19 PM Approved M AliceWyman minor edit (hashtag removed) Jan 12, 2018, 8:28:37 PM Approved M AliceWyman edit to pending revision to update instructions for fx58; new images Jan 12, 2018, 7:59:59 AM Unreviewed Chris Peterson Update click-to-activate screenshot and instructions for the Photon-style plugin UI shipping in Firefox 58 Oct 3, 2017, 4:06:22 AM Approved M AliceWyman fixed numbered list (see discussion) and changed "link" to "message" Sep 30, 2017, 12:25:22 PM Approved M jscher2000 - Support Volunteer Often video players do NOT display the activate link and users need to look for the notification icon. Jul 27, 2017, 8:40:18 AM Approved M AliceWyman for fx55: added back PluginSupportEOL template, removed TOC Jul 24, 2017, 11:42:10 AM Approved M Joni prioritized reliability over security Jul 24, 2017, 11:39:41 AM Approved M Joni downplayed "always activate" Jul 24, 2017, 11:33:52 AM Approved M Joni updated for version 55 Jul 20, 2017, 2:02:50 AM Approved M AliceWyman removed another reference to the PluginCheck page and related images Jul 20, 2017, 1:46:40 AM Approved M AliceWyman removed reference to Plugin Check page, which is being removed. See https://support.mozilla.org/forums/knowledge-base-articles/712532 Oct 14, 2016, 9:29:25 PM Approved M AliceWyman PluginSupportEOL template added (bug 1269807) Feb 1, 2016, 6:02:31 AM Approved AliceWyman Edited wording that follows '''If you don't fully trust a site'''; removed outdated content Feb 1, 2016, 4:35:00 AM Unreviewed Samuel Bronson Make safer to skim & fix grammar Jul 16, 2015, 3:31:16 AM Approved M AliceWyman Reload the page if clicking "Activate" doesn't work - see discussion Jul 14, 2015, 2:28:56 AM Approved M AliceWyman removed Template:flashblocked - see https://support.mozilla.org/forums/contributors/711412#post-66001 Jul 13, 2015, 11:44:55 AM Approved M Mark Schmidt added [[Template:flashblocked]] Feb 9, 2015, 7:25:53 PM Approved M AliceWyman "Check for updates..." link will still go to PluginCheck in fx36 - see https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1127268#c6 Feb 7, 2015, 12:26:43 AM Approved M Underpass YouTube now has switched to HTML5 Feb 6, 2015, 3:08:58 AM Approved M AliceWyman updated PluginCheck image for Adobe Flash Player Feb 6, 2015, 2:16:17 AM Approved M AliceWyman edit to last revision: "How click to activate works"; updated image to always allow Feb 3, 2015, 8:32:51 PM Unreviewed AliceWyman "How click to activate works" changed for fx36 - see discussion Dec 27, 2014, 3:33:37 AM Approved M Lan Updated screenshots for Firefox 24 Dec 11, 2014, 12:35:39 AM Approved AliceWyman Intro note: changed link to go to the top of the Add-ons Blocklist article Dec 3, 2014, 10:40:30 PM Approved scootergrisen No more <br> elements Nov 28, 2014, 8:49:28 AM Approved M AliceWyman added note on plugin activation - see discussion Oct 3, 2014, 2:36:22 AM Approved ideato removed "Share this article" link Oct 31, 2013, 12:29:39 AM Approved M AliceWyman How to always activate a plugin: updated for Fx24 Sep 2, 2013, 10:18:23 PM Reviewed M Sourav Lahoti Addition of last line . future need to update plugin Mar 29, 2013, 1:57:32 PM Reviewed Andrew Added 2 keywords. Dec 20, 2012, 5:26:05 AM Approved Michael Verdi 1st draft Dec 20, 2012, 12:21:37 AM Unreviewed Michael Verdi placeholder Compare Selected Revisions You are about to mark this revision as Ready for Localization. Are you sure you wish to proceed? Submit Cancel Document contributors AliceWyman jscher2000 - Support Volunteer Underpass Michael Verdi Samuel Bronson ideato Lan scootergrisen Joni Mark Schmidt Chris Peterson Zppix Angela Lazar