Items tagged with Plugins
In the earlier days of the Web, our browsers were simple. If one crashed, it was likely due more to poor programming than whatever content you were viewing. The opposite can be said today, where many websites have the potential to crash any number of plugins you've got equipped - especially true for the weightiest ones, such as Flash, Silverlight and Java. Browser instability caused by such plugins has become a major focus of Mozilla that the company has decided to take the risky move of making users click to activate one whenever one is needed in its Firefox browser. Picture, for example, going to a website that has an embedded Java-based game. Currently, if your security settings...
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