Administrator DKT27 Posted October 6, 2012 Administrator Share Posted October 6, 2012 Mozilla has announced that users of its Firefox web browser for Windows will now prompt its users to update their plugin software if they need such an update, such as Flash and Silverlight. While Microsoft has decided to ditch the third party plugin software model for the "Modern" version of Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 8, other web browsers continue to use plugin software. This is due to the fact that many sites still use software such as Adobe's Flash for website animations. Today, Mozilla announced that it is trying to be proactive in informing users of its Firefox web browser for Windows when their plugin software is out of date. In a post on the official Mozilla blog, the company said: Firefox users who have outdated versions of the most popular plugins will soon see a notification urging them to update when they visit a web page that uses them. Old versions of Silverlight, Adobe Reader and Adobe Flash on Windows are covered by this. The message ads that while Firefox users can choose to ignore these new prompts, that would be a bad idea. It states, "Old plugin versions can cause stability problems and are potentially insecure. Keeping them up to date will ensure that you have a great Firefox experience." Mozilla recently launched the first public beta of Firefox made for the "Modern" UI of Windows 8. While it currently doesn't support plugins, Mozilla said it would add support for such software for the Windows 8 port at some point. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanana1 Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 This will be bad because Firefox will detect my flash version 10.3.183.25 as outdated when it is the latest 10.3 version.Might have to ditch Firefox soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganxxta Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 This will be bad because Firefox will detect my flash version 10.3.183.25 as outdated when it is the latest 10.3 version. Might have to ditch Firefox soon. Well as always on Firefox this will be an option, they won't force you to update: The message ads that while Firefox users can choose to ignore these new prompts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nima Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 This will be bad because Firefox will detect my flash version 10.3.183.25 as outdated when it is the latest 10.3 version. Might have to ditch Firefox soon. Because the latest version is 11.4.402.278. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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