Barbaraok Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 I have 'Click to Flash" on Safari and it works well. There appears to be a half-dozen or so add-ons for Firefox - does anyone have a favorite one? Using Firefox is great except a lot of the sites we go to have videos that start playing the minute the topic if loaded, which really eats of our monthly data. I'm one of those that actually reads articles, I don't want some talking head blabbering about it. Barb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk W Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 I'm one of those that actually reads articles, I don't want some talking head blabbering about it. I'm with you! I'll be watching for the suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch_12078 Posted November 28, 2015 Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 I don't know if this will work with Firefox on the Mac as it does on Windows, but try going to "about:config" and searching on "plugins.click_to_play". Make sure it's set to "true". Then in "Add-Ons", "Plugins", set the Shockwave Flash plugin to "Ask to Activate". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al F Posted November 28, 2015 Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 I'm with you, Barb. I want to read the text, not watch some talking head blabber along. I do find that once the text is displayed on the screen, I can click the "x" in the "refresh" box and it helps stop some stuff from loading. Unfortunately, it usually doesn't stop the video from playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbaraok Posted December 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 Well I decided to try one on FireFox. I'm using Flash Control (you can download and install it from Firefox Addons) and it seems to be working well. Barb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk W Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 I'm using Flash Control (you can download and install it from Firefox Addons) and it seems to be working well. Come back after you use it for a few days or a week and let us know what you thing then. I was just looking at some reviews on that same Add-on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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