Closed Bug 856332 Opened 11 years ago Closed 7 years ago

Plugin Click-To-Play breaks Soundcloud

Categories

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

Product:
Core Graveyard
Component:
Plug-ins
Version:
22 Branch
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(platform-rel -)

Status:
RESOLVED INCOMPLETE
Tracking Flags:
Tracking Status
platform-rel --- -

People

(Reporter: sstangl, Unassigned)

References

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URL
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Details

(Whiteboard: [platform-rel-Soundcloud]) 

Soundcloud uses Flash to play audio, but when plugins.click_to_play is enabled, the area normally occupied by the flash widget is suspiciously empty.
Jaws is on vacation, so I'm setting needinfo for when he gets back.
Flags: needinfo?(jAwS)
dkeeler and bsmedberg are primarily working on this.
Component: General → Plug-ins
Flags: needinfo?(jAwS)
Product: Firefox → Core
(In reply to Sean Stangl [:sstangl] from comment #0)
> Soundcloud uses Flash to play audio, but when plugins.click_to_play is
> enabled, the area normally occupied by the flash widget is suspiciously
> empty.

This looks more like a usage/evangelism issue on that specific site. 
The actual Soundcloud sites handle Flash blockers graciously, see e.g.:
https://soundcloud.com/djshadow

The actual Flash instance is just in a 8x8 element at the left bottom of the page (#sm2-container / #sm2movie) and area that is staying blank is just non-Flash image & control elements.
So the actual player elements are defined in a 
> <script id='playerTemplate' type='text/x-jquery-tmpl'>
... which doesn't get inserted if Flash is blocked.
I'm not sure if the actual site or the soundcloud API are supposed to handle those templates.
platform-rel: --- → -
Whiteboard: [platform-rel-Soundcloud]
Resolving old bugs which are likely not relevant any more, since NPAPI plugins are deprecated.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 7 years ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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