did firefox change the plugins page to a new look? and inform me to check my plugins
did firefox change the plugin in page to a new look? and also to inform me to check my plugins and keep them up to date.. just checking to see if its not a virus... runing 47.1 anthony USA R.I . thanks
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Oh, sorry, did you mean the plugin check page? It looks different to me, too:
https://www.mozilla.org/plugincheck/
Maybe this is to avoid overwhelming users with many updates at once by prioritizing them?
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It has been the same for quite a while now. I'm attaching a screenshot of the normal address and appearance.
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Oh, sorry, did you mean the plugin check page? It looks different to me, too:
https://www.mozilla.org/plugincheck/
Maybe this is to avoid overwhelming users with many updates at once by prioritizing them?
I have heard about a new fake js file recently.
No idea what you are seeing but it sounds like it could be malware.
update I see from jscher2000's screenshot the page has changed
Do you have a screenshot and is this something from the internet ? If so what is the URL in the addressbar ? Can you attach a screenshot please.
- See Flash Plugin - Keep it up to date and troubleshoot problems
- To check plugins please use https://www.mozilla.org/plugincheck/ OR the official site of the individual plugin
- To check Firefox is up to date see Update Firefox to the latest release
Modified by John99
JSCHER 2000 The second shot you sent me is exactly the one that popped up today .Identical to yours. thank you very much. Anthony, RHODE ISLAND
JSCHER. glad to see i was not the only one seeing the plugin page warning ....thanks anthony
JSCHER. ive seen you on the FIREFOX HELP page, quite often youre pretty smart at these questions. im just and old school retiered truck driver. anthony
Hi Anthony, yes, this is my hobby lately.
jscher2000 - thanks for the illumination on this new 'Check Your Plugins' page. But how can I revert to the old style? I am visually impaired and the old style was wonderful: green bar for ok, red bar for needs update, all plugins shown in a list. When I first saw this new version I couldnt use it at all. I was convinced I'd got some wrong selection or a virus or something. Had to get someone else to do it for me it a few times so I could work it out - humiliating and awkward. Even now its really hard for me to use safely. Any ideas please?
jscher2000 said
Oh, sorry, did you mean the plugin check page? It looks different to me, too: https://www.mozilla.org/plugincheck/ Maybe this is to avoid overwhelming users with many updates at once by prioritizing them?
Hi Kuib, the structure of the page has changed, so it's not as simple as a applying a couple custom style rules.
The page could be modified using an add-on, custom user script (user scripts are applied to page using the Greasemonkey extension), or bookmarklet (a snippet of JavaScript code you save as a bookmark). However, someone would need to write the code for that...