I just installed FFP 2.0.0.14 and 2.0.0.15 onto my USB stick. Flash functions perfectly from those installations, even though I did not download the Flash player plugin.
I am guessing this has something to do with the remote Flash installation. Is there some way I can: 1) prevent Firefox from using the local Flash and 2) ensure that I will be able to use Flash on other computers that do not have it locally installed.
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If you are using Firefox Portable 3 you can just use the portable flash installer that me and OliverK are developing, just get it here.
For Firefox Portable 2 you need to install manually
For installing Flash in Firefox 2 follow this tut.
Firefox will first search for Flash files in its own install, if it doesn't find them, then it will use local files, so by installing Flash on Firefox Portable, you will automatically prevent Firefox from using a local install of Flash.
Hope to have helped.
Blue is everything.
For disabling connection to a local Flash install, I'm not sure what to do, but to have a portable install of flash, look here
The developer formerly known as ZGitRDun8705
I need one portable web browser that does not support plugins at all.
I am wondering if there are any relevant about:config settings.
Thanks to the both of you for your info.
EDIT: I guess this is just one more reason to use NoScript, but having no exploitable plugins at all would be preferable for me.
Firefox also has a NoFlash extension which will block all flash objects on a page until you tell it to allow the page, or a specific frame on that page.
The developer formerly known as ZGitRDun8705
I need one portable web browser that does not support plugins at all.
This should be possible when you enter 'about: config' in the address bar and set 'plugin.default_plugin_disabled' to the value 'false'. After this you delete the hidden file X:\PortableApps\FirefoxPortable\App\firefox\plugins\npnul32.dll.
Good Point r.random
You get a check mark for that one,
Oh, wait, you have a check mark already
Tim
Things have got to get better, they can't get worse, or can they?
The current canonical method for installing Flash to FF is here:
https://portableapps.com/node/13737
It will work with FF2 and FF3.
This will ensure that FF uses your version of flash and not the hosts version.
I believe FF3 will enable you to disable plugins internally.
I'll have to check on how.
update: here's how:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Issues_related_to_plugins#Background
To disable it on FF2 it is easiest to to use another plugin with that functionality, I recommend NoScript myself.
Tim
Things have got to get better, they can't get worse, or can they?
Firefox 3 does allow disabling plugins, I forgot to say that. Go to
Tools > Addons > Plugins. Select the Flash Plugin and select the disable button. Then restart Firefox. I don't know if that will make FFP select the local one, but in theory it should simply disable any flash plugin.Blue is everything.
Correct, you posted while I was updating my reply above
Tim
Things have got to get better, they can't get worse, or can they?
Thank you all for your insight!
I am now thinking that the best way (for me) is to have a local Flash installation while at the same time disabling it.
The reason for this is because even though one does not want to risk a vulnerability switching on Flash without your knowing it, it would be far worse if this were to happen on a system not under that person's control (library, cyber cafe). This is because of the Adobe Flash Player Settings Manager. There is a part of it that shows every website ever visited with Flash content. Check it out at http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/sett... . (If you haven't seen this yet, you may want to sit down.)
As for disablig the Mozilla Default Plug-in, I will experiment with that, too. It was my understanding that that plug-in gave Firefox the functionality to automatically download the appropriate plug-in when content is encountered.