Closed Bug 125168 Opened 23 years ago Closed 11 years ago

Plugins need ability to be disabled on a per window basis

Categories

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, enhancement, P4)

Product:
Core Graveyard
Component:
Plug-ins
Type:
enhancement

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Milestone:
mozilla1.4beta

People

(Reporter: jud, Assigned: serhunt)

References

Details

(Whiteboard: [PL:BRANCH][Plug-in Mgr]) 

There are various windows that want to disable the use of plugins within their
context. An example of this is Composer windows (see
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88956 ).

We currently provide per window functionality toggling via nsIWebBrowserSetup.
We then use nsIContentPolicy at callsites to determine whether or not a "load"
should proceed. What should probably happen here is that the plugin code queries
the content policy via ::ShouldLoad() before loading a plugin. If yes, continue
w/ the load, if no, "stop" loading (presumably though not much "loading" has
occurred already though and this happens at init time).
Blocks: 88956
*** Bug 151563 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Does this mean I would be able to have a preference to temporarily turn off
certain plugins, such as Flash?  For example, say I wanted to disable Flash for
a while so that I'm not bombarded with ads.  But then I want to visit a Flash
enabled site.  

Perhaps the placeholder could say "Get this plugin" or "Enable this plugin"
depending.

Or should I do an RFE for that?
Priority: -- → P4
Summary: Plugins need ability to be disabled on a per window basis. → [RFE]Plugins need ability to be disabled on a per window basis.
Target Milestone: --- → mozilla1.2beta
*** Bug 156708 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
The plug-ins triage team (av, beppe, peterl, serge and shrir) have reviewed this
issue and have made the following determination:

This is dependent upon the Plug-in Mgr work, marking dependency
Depends on: 144263
Whiteboard: [PL2:P4]
Target Milestone: mozilla1.2beta → mozilla1.3alpha
[RFE] is deprecated in favor of severity: enhancement.  They have the same meaning.
Severity: normal → enhancement
Could we please change "platform" and "OS" to "all"?
OS: Windows 2000 → All
Hardware: PC → All
Comment: in future it could be important to disable some plugins for safety:
I mean the WINE based windows plugins (Crossover) f.i. Quicktime.
It should be possible to disable most of the plugins and somtimes to enable
someone on secure sites.
*** Bug 179897 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
"RFE" in summary is deprecated in favor of severity: enhancement
Summary: [RFE]Plugins need ability to be disabled on a per window basis. → Plugins need ability to be disabled on a per window basis
moving to 1.4 beta, plug-in branch work
Whiteboard: [PL2:P4] → [PL:BRANCH][Plug-in Mgr]
Target Milestone: mozilla1.3alpha → mozilla1.4beta
It would be best if the user could enable/disable running of Flush plugins
just like it's possible for images (on per site basis).
I believe it's a duplicate of bug 94035, which has 320 votes and 138 comments as
I'm writing this.
Bug 94035 concerns blocking plug-ins by site; this is about turning
off plug-ins by window.  It's probably not a dupe, but it could be a
WONTFIX if the powers that be decide to approach blocking plug-ins
by fixing 94035 instead of this.
A feature to disable plug-ins on a per-site basis would be greatly appreciated,
this would save me from being bombarded by Flash ads and also allow me to watch
Flash-enabled sites.
*** Bug 248534 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Actually, my interest in this capability is completely eliminated with the
adblock extension. I would suggest directing folks to try adblock and closing
this bug.
Same here.
QA Contact: shrir → plugins
You can disable plugin per-docshell.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 11 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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