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Block Flash using a wildcard?

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Yaron
Yaron
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Hello,

Is it possible to block Adobe Flash on a domain using the following URLs for its different sections? 

   http://tv-guide.EXAMPLE.com/
   http://news.EXAMPLE.com/
   http://sports.EXAMPLE.com/
   http://travel.EXAMPLE.com/

If I block 

   http://tv-guide.EXAMPLE.com/

it does not affect 

   http://news.EXAMPLE.com/

They have tens of different sections. How do I block them all?

Thank you.

Hello, Is it possible to block Adobe Flash on a domain using the following URLs for its different sections? http://tv-guide.EXAMPLE.com/ http://news.EXAMPLE.com/ http://sports.EXAMPLE.com/ http://travel.EXAMPLE.com/ If I block http://tv-guide.EXAMPLE.com/ it does not affect http://news.EXAMPLE.com/ They have tens of different sections. How do I block them all? Thank you.

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I don't think that this is possible. current Firefox releases store the protocol and full domain of the website for each permission. You can see that if you inspect permissions.sqlite with SQLite Manager and look for type="plugin:flash"

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FredMcD
FredMcD
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Flash block {web link} Never be annoyed by a Flash animation again! Blocks Flash so it won't get in your way, but if you want to see it, just click on it

Yaron
Yaron Question owner
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Hello FredMcD,

Thanks for replying. I appreciate it.

Is it possible to achieve that without an extension?

Best regards.

FredMcD
FredMcD
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Type about:addons<enter> in the address bar to open the Add-ons Manager. Hot key; <Control>(Mac=<Command>) <Shift> A)

On the left side of the page, select Plugins. Make sure that Shockwave Flash and the other players are set to Ask

Yaron
Yaron Question owner
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Hello FredMcD,

Thanks again.

I don't want to set Flash to "Ask" for *all sites*. I meant all sections in *one site*.

Best regards.

FredMcD
FredMcD
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Go to the web page. Once the page is loading, mouse to the address bar and Left click the icon. Select Permissions. In the menu, Make sure the ones you want to use are set to Ask or Allow. Or Disable. These settings effect Only that site.

Yaron
Yaron Question owner
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I'm afraid I haven't been clear enough.

http://tech.walla.co.il/item/2965837 http://travel.walla.co.il/item/2960550

I want to block Flash in all the sections of http://www.walla.co.il/ without having to block the links above separately.

Thanks.

cor-el
cor-el
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I don't think that this is possible. current Firefox releases store the protocol and full domain of the website for each permission. You can see that if you inspect permissions.sqlite with SQLite Manager and look for type="plugin:flash"

Yaron
Yaron Question owner
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Hello cor-el,

Thank you very much. I appreciate it.

Best regards.

y6nH
y6nH
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Kind of the same problem: I have Firefox default to ask to enable Flash. But every time I visit a Bandcamp page I have to enable it separately - for band1.bandcamp.com, band2.bandcamp.com, band3.bandcamp.com... I use Bandcamp a lot. So a wildcard option where we could allow or block Flash on *.site.com would be really handy.

FredMcD
FredMcD
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Go to the web page. Once the page is loading, mouse to the address bar and Left click the icon. Select Permissions. In the menu, Make sure the ones you want to use are set to Ask or Allow.