Closed Bug 1510515 Opened 7 years ago Closed 6 years ago

hangouts.google.com - Unable to activate Flash to send “Web camera” photos

Categories

(External Software Affecting Firefox Graveyard :: Flash (Adobe), defect)

Product:
External Software Affecting Firefox Graveyard
Component:
Flash (Adobe)
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: karlcow, Unassigned)

References

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URL
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Details

(Whiteboard: [webcompat])

URL: https://hangouts.google.com/?authuser=1 Browser / Version: Firefox Nightly 62.0a1 (2018-05-25) Operating System: Windows 10 Pro Tested Another Browser: Yes Problem type: Site is not usable Description: Unable to activate Flash to send “Web camera” photos Prerequisites 1. Web camera available and permission enabled. 2. “Plugins>Shockwave Flash” options set as “Always Active”. 3. Installed latest Adobe Flash Player 26 for Firefox – NPAPI. Steps to Reproduce 1. Navigate to https://hangouts.google.com/?authuser=1 2. Start a conversation. 3. Click “Attach a photo” button. 4. Click “Web camera” tab from media picker overlay. 5. Observe behavior. Expected Behavior: Flash is enabled. Snapshot can be taken. Actual Behavior: Flash is not enabled. Snapshot can’t be taken. Note: 1. Reproducible on Firefox 60.0.1 Release. 2. Not reproducible on Chrome 66.0.3359.181.

Migrating Webcompat whiteboard priorities to project flags. See bug 1547409.

Webcompat Priority: --- → ?

See bug 1547409. Migrating whiteboard priority tags to program flags.

Flash is dying, I don't think Google will want to fix this in the short term. Thanks for the report.

Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 6 years ago
Webcompat Priority: ? → ---
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Product: External Software Affecting Firefox → External Software Affecting Firefox Graveyard
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