141840 - Flash and Shockwave don't work in Mozilla 1.0 RC1

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Plugins Graveyard :: Shockwave (Adobe), defect)

Description

[Stephen Purpura]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0rc1)
Gecko/20020417
BuildID:    2002041711

I'm having a devil of a time getting Flash and Shockwave plug-ins to work in
Mozilla.  It seems this should work out of the box (most people will want to
support this).

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download and install Mozilla 1.0 RC1 (clean install)
2. Navigate to www.maserati.com
3. Choose the English site
4. A new window will load and the Flash plug-in "Get the plug-in" dialog will
appear.
5. Click on the "get the plug-in" to follow the link and download the plug-in
for Netscape.
6. Run Flash installer.
7. Return to maserati site -- Flash still doesn't work.


Actual Results:  Flash plug-in doesn't work

Expected Results:  Flash plug-in should work immediately after install.  If that
can't work then Flash should at least work after download/install from the Flash
site.

Comment 1

[Frederic Bezies]

Have you entered "about:plugins" in url bar in order to say to mozilla there is
a new plugin ?

Comment 2

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

You must manually copy the flash plugin into mozilla plugin directory or
download flash6 which supports mozilla.

-> b-g

Comment 3

[Stephen Purpura]

I realize a workaround for this might be possible, however I'm suggesting that
Flash and Shockwave should work as soon as Mozilla 1.0 is installed.

Comment 4

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

This is a workaround for Macromedia installer that doesn't support mozilla.
Use flash6 (supports mozilla) or copy it.

That's no workaround for a mozilla bug.

BTW: Mozilla scnas in the NS4.7x plugin directory (if installed)

Comment 5

[Paul Wyskoczka]

--> plugins

Comment 6

[Peter Lubczynski]

Windows? Try clicking this XPI:
ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/netscape6/english/6.2.2/windows/win32/xpi/flash.xpi

Comment 7

[rubydoo123]

won't 133282 take care of this?

Comment 8

[anthonyd]

133282 has been marked fixed, and with today's nightly builds, flash still does 
not work by default with a complete install.

anthonyd

Comment 9

[Peter Lubczynski]

um...bug 133282 won't effect Flash or Shockwave in any way because they do not
install to a global, common folder as do those other plugins. :(

Maybe they should....

However, the XPI for Flash, if delivered correctly from Netscape.com's Plugin
Finder Service, should be small to download and install correctly for your browser. 

Another solution is to have Nav 4.x installed.

Comment 10

[anthonyd]

right, also just re-installing flash and shockwave work as well.  but again, it 
sounds like the what the reporter is saying is that they should work from the 
get-go.

anthonyd

Comment 11

[anthonyd]

ok, here is the deal (i think) (beth, peter, please feel free to correct):

with the commercial build, we DO install flash and shockwave WITH the 
installation of the browser.  In my testing, both of them seem to work 'right 
out of the box'.

with the mozilla build, we do not install shock or flash by default (do not 
know why).  BUT, if you have a previous netscape install (where you HAVE 
installed shock and flash) pages that utilize the plugins will still work, as 
they are found and used.

if you do not have a previous install before installing mozilla, then you will 
have to download and install the plugins.  for me, when testing this way, 
everything worked fine.

now my question is, what is this bug report for?

Is it for:

A) plugins are not installed by default with mozilla.
B) plugins are not working after I have installed them (via default plugin, or 
manual install).
C) plugins are not being found/used from my previous install.
D) other (please specify).
E) all of the above.

just want to be clear, cause I dont get it.

thanks,
anthonyd

Comment 12

[shrirang khanzode]

flash will work with the new pfs changes that greggl is about to put on 
netscape.com. users will download the plugin , if it is missing, fom the new pfs 
service and it will be painless..like the ipix plugin download.

Comment 13

[Stephen Purpura]

A) plugins are not installed by default with mozilla.

Comment 14

[rubydoo123]

Since Flash does not unpack the np*.* files automatically on install, there is
not much mozilla can do after the fact. Flash would need to have those files
accessible for us to scan. Until Flash provides an installer that does indeed do
that, the user will have to go through either 1. a reinstallation of the
plug-in, or 2. access the np*.* files from somewhere else.

So, how should this bug be marked?

Comment 15

[shrirang khanzode]

invalid. this affects mozilla only..and is a known fact to everyone who uses 
mozilla that this is a DIY kind of browser.