Much of the content available on the Internet needs a plugin to work, but these supplements are also those most responsible for errors in browsers, and presenting the user with security vulnerabilities. Fortunately the new features in HTML5 can replace several plugins and Mozilla is taking the opportunity to implement a lock on Firefox.
Upon entering about: config of Firefox, the user will find a new flag called plugins.click_to_play. With the setting enabled, the user must click on the area that the content would appear to allow the execution of the plugin. This should also automatically block Flash ads, saving battery power in notebooks and leaving the RAM available to be used for something more important.
The novelty exists in the latest Nightly build of Firefox, but you must activate it manually. Jared Wein, a software engineer at Mozilla and the one responsible for implementing the feature also works to create a setup wizard where you can define which sites may or may not run plugins. Chrome also has the same functionality for some time, but in Firefox the lock can be activated by default.
More information can be found on the Mozilla wiki. To test the feature, simply download the Nightly version - or wait until the release of Firefox 14.0, when the option should be available to all users.
Upon entering about: config of Firefox, the user will find a new flag called plugins.click_to_play. With the setting enabled, the user must click on the area that the content would appear to allow the execution of the plugin. This should also automatically block Flash ads, saving battery power in notebooks and leaving the RAM available to be used for something more important.
The novelty exists in the latest Nightly build of Firefox, but you must activate it manually. Jared Wein, a software engineer at Mozilla and the one responsible for implementing the feature also works to create a setup wizard where you can define which sites may or may not run plugins. Chrome also has the same functionality for some time, but in Firefox the lock can be activated by default.
More information can be found on the Mozilla wiki. To test the feature, simply download the Nightly version - or wait until the release of Firefox 14.0, when the option should be available to all users.
