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Firefox vs out-dated plugins

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Hello, can someone tell me if there are any plans (for future versions of FF) that Firefox will automatically check for latest versions of plugins/addons and disable out-dated plugins (like G.Chrome is doing right now). I´m specially interested in Java (JRE)?

It can be serious issue for our clients if older versions of JRE will be disabled automatically.

Thank you for your response.

Hello, can someone tell me if there are any plans (for future versions of FF) that Firefox will automatically check for latest versions of plugins/addons and disable out-dated plugins (like G.Chrome is doing right now). I´m specially interested in Java (JRE)? It can be serious issue for our clients if older versions of JRE will be disabled automatically. Thank you for your response.

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Yes, there is a plan for doing that, currently it is targeted for Firefox 14, but that can change: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Opt-in_activation_for_plugins

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Yes, there is a plan for doing that, currently it is targeted for Firefox 14, but that can change: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Opt-in_activation_for_plugins