Firefox 55 : ‘Block dangerous and intrusive Flash Content’ Plugin option

The upcoming version of Firefox blocks dangerous flash content. The Plugins section in Add-ons Manger of Firefox browser, which on Nightly has got a new option for Flash Plugin –Block dangerous and intrusive Flash content‘ with a checkbox that can be controlled by about:config preference plugins.flashBlock.enabled.

FYI, 32-bit Firefox version on Windows already offers preferences page for Flash Plugin which is to enable or disable Flash Player protected mode, with this addition, you can notice two checkboxes on 32-bit version of Firefox browser, but this is the only checkbox you’ll see for Flash on 64-bit Firefox.

FYI, the new Flash allow/blocklist feature applies to either ‘Ask to Activate’ setting or ‘Always Activate’ setting. For this bug -‘ Implement new plugin option for Flash as a checkbox to toggle the allow/blocklist feature (plugins.flashBlock.enabled)‘ target milestone has been set to Firefox 55.

Please share this article

Tweet | Submit to Reddit

Venkat Eswarlu

Venkat is an independent technology journalist and the founder of Techdows. He has been covering web browsers, Windows, and software news since 2009. His exclusive scoops on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge features have been cited by Forbes, TechCrunch, Wired, CNET, and other major publications.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *