New (?) icon in address bar

PaulB · Post by **PaulB** » 09 Oct 2013, 21:35

I just updated Flash to the latest version. I then noticed that when visiting some sites, a new icon showed up in the address bar. It indicates that Flash is enabled on the site and gives me the option to block the plugin or continue to allow it.

Is this a result of installing the plugin, or (more likely) something new in Firefox 24.0 that I did not notice before?

Post by **HansV** » 09 Oct 2013, 21:50

It's a new feature of Firefox. The "Lego" icon will be red if there are vulnerable or outdated plugins active on the page, blue if there are disabled plugins on the page (you can enable them by clicking on the icon), and grey when plugins are activated (or the web page itself offers the ability to allow/block a plugin).

viking33 · Post by **viking33** » 09 Oct 2013, 23:20

HansV wrote:It's a new feature of Firefox. The "Lego" icon will be red if there are vulnerable or outdated plugins active on the page, blue if there are disabled plugins on the page (you can enable them by clicking on the icon), and grey when plugins are activated (or the web page itself offers the ability to allow/block a plugin).

Is this an option setting?
I've got ver. 24 and don't see that icon at all.

PaulB · Post by **PaulB** » 09 Oct 2013, 23:37

Thanks, Hans. Good to know that.

BobH · Post by **BobH** » 10 Oct 2013, 00:28

I'm with Viking Bob. Fx 24.0 and no icon. I checked add-ons and don't have a flash add-on. I don't do a lot of video watching; so I always figured I didn't need flash. Am I missing something?

PaulB · Post by **PaulB** » 10 Oct 2013, 01:25

I'm not sure that the icon appeared before I updated Flash, but I couldn't swear to it. Then again, I don't know if Flash has anything to do with it at all.

viking33 · Post by **viking33** » 10 Oct 2013, 16:39

PaulB wrote:I'm not sure that the icon appeared before I updated Flash, but I couldn't swear to it. Then again, I don't know if Flash has anything to do with it at all.

Guess we will have to wait for Hans to check in here for more details.

viking33 · Post by **viking33** » 10 Oct 2013, 16:48

viking33 wrote:
PaulB wrote:I'm not sure that the icon appeared before I updated Flash, but I couldn't swear to it. Then again, I don't know if Flash has anything to do with it at all.
Guess we will have to wait for Hans to check in here for more details.

Mozilla Forums have a few suggestions here:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/971526" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I haven't tried any of them yet so let us know if they work.

Post by **HansV** » 10 Oct 2013, 17:58

Apparently you have to create your own CSS (cascading style sheets) to hide the "lego brick" icon.

viking33 · Post by **viking33** » 10 Oct 2013, 18:08

HansV wrote:Apparently you have to create your own CSS (cascading style sheets) to hide the "lego brick" icon.

Yes but I don't see the icon to begin with, so can't hide it?
Curious as to why it's there for some but not all to see?

Post by **HansV** » 10 Oct 2013, 18:31

Perhaps you're not running any plugins?

viking33 · Post by **viking33** » 10 Oct 2013, 21:11

HansV wrote:Perhaps you're not running any plugins?

Running 7 plug-ins. Just checked and all up to date.

Post by **HansV** » 10 Oct 2013, 21:21

Can't explain it then. Perhaps a Firefox expert can shed some light on it.

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