Firefox 3.6.8 and Thunderbird 3.0.6

[Tarun Khanna]

Just add the website to the white list in flash block. I have to do that for
Daily Show and Colbert Report. Flash Block rules, don't disable it
altogether.

Tarun


On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 2010-07-28 at 00:05 +1000, Basil Chupin wrote:
> > On 27/07/10 23:49, Karl Larsen wrote:
> > >       Got a large update to Firefox and Thunderbird this morning. I
> > > rebooted the computer. Both Firefox and Thunderbird when coming up
> > > talked about external drivers and the the system loaded. I checked and
> > > clicking a URL in a message on Thunderbird brings the URL up on Firefox
> > > automatic.
> > >
> > >       Thunderbird appears to be working just as it was. I went to the
> > > java test web page with Firefox and it said I have java installed, but
> > > recommended a later version. I went to some movie trailers on a NY
> Times
> > > page and Firefox could not open them. This indicates a loss of the
> Adobe
> > > Flash files.
> > >
> >
> >
> > I just went to the NY Times site and watched 2 videos - so Firefox can
> > open them without hassles.
> >
> > Which add-ons do you have installed on Firefox? Do you have NoScript
> > installed? If so, do you know how to use it?
>
> I >THINK< I figured out one of the problems. I could no longer access
> PBS videos, even while using the older firefox, and once I disabled
> Flash Block, I could get to viewing the videos. Seems like some websites
> aren't gonna give you a free ride unless you allow them to bend you
> over. Try the same site with Flash Block disabled. See what happens.
> Just go into tools/addons and disable the whole thing,  Karl.
> Ric
>
>
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