On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 10:14 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > Aaron Konstam wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-02-05 at 11:06 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > > > > > Now I will tell you a secret. If you go into about:config you will > > > > > > > > > see > > > > > > > > > that the configuration: > > > > > browser.download.hide_plugins_without_extensions is set as true by > > > > > default. Only when it is set to false can you see what you want to > > > > > > > > > see > > > > > > > > > in the: Edit->Preferences->downloads->view & Edit Actions. > > > > > With this set as true you are flying blind with plugins. Why does > > > > > fedora not distribute this with the configuration set properly. > > > > > > > > How > > > > > > > would you > > > > > > > > > know about this? > > > > > > > > > File a bug. It cerainly seems rediculous. > > > > > > > > Dotan Cohen > > > > > > Many moons ago I reveled the above secret and was asked to file a > > bugzilla. So I did on bugzilla.redhat.com > > They responded that I should file the bug on bugzilla.mozilla.org > > So I did: bug 373568 > > > > Mozilla responded that this was a duplicate of bug 370386 > > This bug is indeed related but it blames the problem on gnome and > > suggests a patch which clearly has never been applied. If you go to bug > > 370386 you will see reference to an older mozilla bug report. > > > > At this point I am dizzy. I will think about this further but it looks > > hopeless for anyone to take responsibility for this and then promise to > > fix this in later firefoxes, gnomes or somewhere. If anyone wants to > > trail this far enough to make a suggestion I am all ears. > > > I just checked, the default on mine is "false." [Firefox 2.0.0.1 > FC-6] > > Bob Goodwin Are you sure you did not set it to false before you upgraded? I would expect the settings for each user would be retained in their home directory. Mine is also false after installing firefox2 but ir was false before I installed firefox-1.5.0.10. -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
