205984 - Setting plugin.display_plugin_downloader_dialog=false does not work

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 83754

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

Description

[Pausanias]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.3.1) Gecko/20030425
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.3.1) Gecko/20030425

I always uninstall flash whenever I download mozilla. Before v1.3.1, setting
plugin.display_plugin_downloader_dialog=false prevented flash-using sites from
displaying the annyoing "Download plugin?" dialog box. Now the prevention works
only occasionally (or seldom).

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Remove flash from your system. I did this by deleting the /usr/netscape
   directory that comes with mozilla.
2. Go to about:config. Set plugin.display_plugin_downloader_dialog=false
3. Go to http://www.salomonoski.com/us/
4. Plugin downloader will come up. If it doesn't, hit reload a few
   times, and it should.

Actual Results:  
Plugin downloader dialog came up despite my setting
plugin.display_plugin_downloader_dialog=false

Expected Results:  
It should not have brought up the annoying plugin downloader box. This dialog
box is annoying to the extreme. It is a serious plague on the non-flash-user's
browsing experience. Why can't disabling it be put into the preferences as a
straightforward customizable option?

Let's see: I have AdBlock installed. Disabling AdBlock has no effect on this bug.

Comment 1

[OstGote!]

The pref seems not to be used anymore. Will be fixed with bug 83754.

workaround: Remove the libnullplugin.so files from your mozilla/plugin
directory. Then never a popup ask you for downloading the missing plug in.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 83754 ***