History of Why do I have to click to activate plugins?

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Jul 22, 2019, 5:23:29 AM

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AliceWyman

purged pre-fx60 content
Jul 21, 2019, 9:54:01 PM

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jscher2000

Firefox 69 bug 1519434 removes Always Activate and Remember for Flash
Feb 19, 2018, 3:03:24 PM

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Zppix

When --> If
Jan 13, 2018, 4:35:19 AM

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AliceWyman

minor edit (hashtag removed)
Jan 13, 2018, 4:28:37 AM

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AliceWyman

edit to pending revision to update instructions for fx58; new images
Jan 12, 2018, 3:59:59 PM

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Chris Peterson

Update click-to-activate screenshot and instructions for the Photon-style plugin UI shipping in Firefox 58
Oct 3, 2017, 11:06:22 AM

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AliceWyman

fixed numbered list (see discussion) and changed "link" to "message"
Sep 30, 2017, 7:25:22 PM

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jscher2000

Often video players do NOT display the activate link and users need to look for the notification icon.
Jul 27, 2017, 3:40:18 PM

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AliceWyman

for fx55: added back PluginSupportEOL template, removed TOC
Jul 24, 2017, 6:42:10 PM

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Joni

prioritized reliability over security
Jul 24, 2017, 6:39:41 PM

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Joni

downplayed "always activate"
Jul 24, 2017, 6:33:52 PM

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Joni

updated for version 55
Jul 20, 2017, 9:02:50 AM

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AliceWyman

removed another reference to the PluginCheck page and related images
Jul 20, 2017, 8:46:40 AM

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AliceWyman

removed reference to Plugin Check page, which is being removed. See https://support.mozilla.org/forums/knowledge-base-articles/712532
Oct 15, 2016, 4:29:25 AM

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AliceWyman

PluginSupportEOL template added (bug 1269807)
Feb 1, 2016, 2:02:31 PM

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AliceWyman

Edited wording that follows '''If you don't fully trust a site'''; removed outdated content
Feb 1, 2016, 12:35:00 PM

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Samuel Bronson

Make safer to skim & fix grammar
Jul 16, 2015, 10:31:16 AM

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AliceWyman

Reload the page if clicking "Activate" doesn't work - see discussion
Jul 14, 2015, 9:28:56 AM

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AliceWyman

removed Template:flashblocked - see https://support.mozilla.org/forums/contributors/711412#post-66001
Jul 13, 2015, 6:44:55 PM

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Mark Schmidt

added [[Template:flashblocked]]
Feb 10, 2015, 3:25:53 AM

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AliceWyman

"Check for updates..." link will still go to PluginCheck in fx36 - see https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1127268#c6
Feb 7, 2015, 8:26:43 AM

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Underpass

YouTube now has switched to HTML5
Feb 6, 2015, 11:08:58 AM

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AliceWyman

updated PluginCheck image for Adobe Flash Player
Feb 6, 2015, 10:16:17 AM

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AliceWyman

edit to last revision: "How click to activate works"; updated image to always allow
Feb 4, 2015, 4:32:51 AM

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AliceWyman

"How click to activate works" changed for fx36 - see discussion
Dec 27, 2014, 11:33:37 AM

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Lan

Updated screenshots for Firefox 24
Dec 11, 2014, 8:35:39 AM

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AliceWyman

Intro note: changed link to go to the top of the Add-ons Blocklist article
Dec 4, 2014, 6:40:30 AM

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scootergrisen

No more <br> elements
Nov 28, 2014, 4:49:28 PM

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AliceWyman

added note on plugin activation - see discussion
Oct 3, 2014, 9:36:22 AM

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ideato

removed "Share this article" link
Oct 31, 2013, 7:29:39 AM

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AliceWyman

How to always activate a plugin: updated for Fx24
Sep 3, 2013, 5:18:23 AM

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Sourav Lahoti

Addition of last line . future need to update plugin
Mar 29, 2013, 8:57:32 PM

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Andrew

Added 2 keywords.
Dec 20, 2012, 1:26:05 PM

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Michael Verdi

1st draft
Dec 20, 2012, 8:21:37 AM

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Michael Verdi

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