Click-to-play

Mozilla Releases Firefox 17 with Click-to-Play, Updates Firefox for Android

Mozilla pushed out the latest build of its flagship browser, Firefox 17, today, adding a new click-to-play blocklisting feature that will help prevent users from running out-of-date or vulnerable versions of plug-ins or extensions.The update tweaks click-to-play in Firefox prompting users to either update or abandon old versions of software like Adobe’s Reader and Flash and Microsoft Silverlight.

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