426188 - "Tools>Options>Content" doesn't allow me to inhibit .swf files

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 94035

(Firefox :: Settings UI, defect)

Description

[John Hunt]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080311 Firefox/2.0.0.13
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080311 Firefox/2.0.0.13

Inhibiting pop-up windows + images + JavaScript + Java in "Tools>Options>Content" does NOT inhibit "ShockWave" [.swf] files

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Inhibit using Firefox menu
2. View a page containing a .swf link:  e.g. www.greenparty.org.uk/news [which references www.greenparty.org.uk/files/banner/2peace.swf]

Actual Results:  
I see the wretched banner [or whatever .swf is embedded in the page I happen to be viewing].

Expected Results:  
High blood pressure, pounding heart, distress, ...

EITHER inhibit .swf files [and any similar categories] with other images
OR create a separate category for users to inhibit.

Comment 1

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

There are add-ons that allows you to block various types of content,
for example:

Flashblock:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433

Adblock Plus:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865

and many others at:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

Comment 2

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Verified dup