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My Firefox (v13.0.1) doesn't play swf. why?

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Saad Shamsaee
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i use Firefox 13.0.1 and Flash player plugin 11.3 is installed . but today Firefox doesn't play swf files and show this message instead flash file: "Tap here to activate plugin."

i use Firefox 13.0.1 and Flash player plugin 11.3 is installed . but today Firefox doesn't play swf files and show this message instead flash file: "Tap here to activate plugin."

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i fixed the problem. few days ago i installed Firefox 14 beta and i enabled Click-to-Play feature in about:config. now in Firefox 13 i went to about:config an set plugins.click_to_play;false

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Saad Shamsaee
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i fixed the problem. few days ago i installed Firefox 14 beta and i enabled Click-to-Play feature in about:config. now in Firefox 13 i went to about:config an set plugins.click_to_play;false

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That feature is most likely not yet fully implemented and should be enabled in Firefox 13.