Mac OS

1.Choose Firefox > Tools > Add-ons. 2.Select Plugins. 3.In the list of Add-ons, look for Shockwave Flash (another name for Flash Player) and check the status that appears to the right of the plug-in name. 4. select always activate 5.close the dialog box

windows

1.Choose Firefox > Tools > Add-ons. 2.Select Plugins. 3.In the list of Add-ons, look for Shockwave Flash (another name for Flash Player) and check the status that appears to the right of the plug-in name. 4.select always activate 5.close the dialog box

That's not quite what I wanted, but good to know.

The issue was that I told Firefox to always allow on a certain site, and it effectively kept asking for confirmations every time. The "Always Allow" button changed to "Continue Allowing."

I've never seen that on any site before and it shouldn't happen since always means always.

Is this the notification "infobar" that opens between the toolbar area and the top of the page? You don't actually have to click Continue Allowing to continue allowing Flash, you can ignore the bar. (Possibly using the "X" to close the bar will suppress it in the future?)

If you find the bar hard to ignore, or just find the bar annoying in general because on many sites you never plan to activate Flash, you can use a custom style rule to hide the bar.

Note: to make permission changes without the infobar, you can use the plugin notification icon in the address bar (looks like a small dark gray Lego block).

The custom style rule itself is simple -- this is what I use:

@namespace url(http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul);
/* Hide Plugin Notification Infobar */
notification[value="plugin-hidden"]{
  display:none !important;
}
 

You can apply custom style rules to Firefox's interface using either of two different methods:

(1) Create or edit a userChrome.css file. This article has more background on this optional settings file: http://kb.mozillazine.org/UserChrome.css

(2) Install the Stylish extension. This has the advantage of quick previewing in case you like tweaking Firefox's interface or individual web pages, as well as easy installation of custom style rules posted by others. But yes, it's one more add-on.

• Stylish extension (to be installed first): https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/stylish/

• Existing infobar-hiding styles shared by users on userstyles.org if you don't want to create a new one of your own:
  • Disable infobar for plugin activation
  • Hide the plugin infobar

By the way, that bar is designed to appear on sites where there is a "hidden" usage of a plugin. Sites may use Flash behind the scenes for menus or for data storage in addition to its more obvious uses as a big rectangular interactive object. If the only usage is in a big player, the bar should not appear. But since I hide the bar all the time, I haven't observed the exact details recently.

Do you run Firefox in permanent Private Browsing mode (Always use Private Browsing mode; Never Remember History)?

It looks like you are still using a older Flash Player 20.0 version as to why Flash is set at Click to Activate due to critical vulnerabilities.

There has been three Flash Player updates since the last Flash 20 version which was 20.0.0.306.

The current Flash Player version is 21.0.0.213 https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/forums/plug-check-page-discussions/

cor-el said

Do you run Firefox in permanent Private Browsing mode (Always use Private Browsing mode; Never Remember History)?

No, I don't do that. It was odd. I've never seen that behavior before. Typically, you click always allow and it goes away for good.

James said

It looks like you are still using a older Flash Player 20.0 version as to why Flash is set at Click to Activate due to critical vulnerabilities. There has been three Flash Player updates since the last Flash 20 version which was 20.0.0.306. The current Flash Player version is 21.0.0.213 https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/forums/plug-check-page-discussions/

I'd rather not use Flash at all but I'll check for updates. Still, always allow is always allow. Firefox shouldn't need any more input than that.