152245 - generalized media access sidebar panel

Status: CLOSED INVALID

(SeaMonkey :: General, enhancement)

Description

[Daniel Wang]

a generalized attempt to solve bug #70805

- the {view/page info} function should be accessible as a Sidebar
  panel
- from the "media" list on the {page info} panel, the user should
  be able to selectively activate/disable a medium item
- the user should be able to choose to see medium items blocked
  because of their types or originations
- that is, even if Java is disabled, the user can still quickly
  enable Java applet(s) for a particular page/site without opening
  the Preference dialogue and reloading
- for background audio, maybe put a console somewhere in the panel
- and some pluses: ability to quickly see hidden fields in forms,
  and ability to quickly see all the links in a page
- side note: on the "general" tab in the {view/page info} dialog,
  means to override the refresh meta should be provided

Comment 1

[Daniel Wang]

per bug 147866, iframe should also appear in the media list

also, the user should be able to set the limit for the number of /intrusive/
objects a page can have. An /intrusive/ object may be a Flash movie, background
sound, a movie/audio object with auto-play, or an animated image. If a page
contains more intrusive objects than allowed, then ALL those objects should be
disabled, pending user activation.

related bug: 19118 Plug-In Manager (ui for choosing mimetype-plugin associations)

Comment 2

[Mikko Virkkilä]

Is this bug related to Bug 94035? Maybe it should depend on it? 

Comment 3

[Daniel Wang]

assigning to myself
will try hacking the pageInfo.js and pageInfo.xul to put it in the
sidebar first.

Comment 4

[Daniel Wang]

closing silly bugs

Comment 5

[Daniel Wang]

closing