Plugins downloaded for use with Firefox will no longer be activated by default in order to reduce crashes, security problems and hang-ups in the browser. On Tuesday, Benjamin Smedberg, Engineering ...

Binary browser plugins using the 1990s-era NPAPI (“Netscape Plugin API”, the very name betraying its age) will soon be almost completely squeezed off the Web. Microsoft dropped NPAPI support in ...

Mozilla’s Firefox web browser has undergone some major changes in recent years. Support for unsigned extensions is being phased out. Tabs have moved to the top of the screen and settings menus hide ...

Mozilla announced this week that it will require "Click to Play" for all third-party plugins on Firefox, except the most current version of Flash. Mozilla announced ...

Mozilla on Tuesday announced a massive change to the way it loads third-party plugins in Firefox. The company plans to enable Click to Play for all versions of all plugins, except the latest release ...

Google Chrome recently dumped support for plugins such as Java and Silverlight, and now it’s Firefox’s turn. Late Thursday, Mozilla announced on its blog that Firefox would stop supporting plugins ...

Mozilla developers have launched a new online tool that tells Firefox users whether popular add-on components such as Java or QuickTime are up to date. The new Plugin Check page tests for more than 15 ...

Firefox extensions (a.k.a. add-ons) get updated from time to time. As you may know, you can check for updates yourself by clicking Tools, Add-ons, Updates, or just wait for the browser to notify you ...

Generally speaking, before you begin, you need to update Firefox as well as update all your installed Firefox plugins, addon, themes to their latest versions. Having done that, try these specific ...

Having the QuickTime plugin enabled in Firefox is a convenient way to gain instant access to a QuickTime business video or seminar on a Web page without launching the desktop version of the media ...

Mozilla has temporarily disabled Microsoft’s WPF plugin for Firefox in order to protect users from a security vulnerability that was recently uncovered in the component. The vulnerability can be ...

A newly discovered malware infected multiple Firefox browser add-ons with more than 50,000 downloads combined.