Re: Deactivation of add-ons

Klaus Kassner wrote:
> Yes, and apparently you can make Firefox not check compatibility and
> sometimes the addons still work...

It would be useful to know how to do that, very useful indeed.

> I thought myself of Quicktime Alternative but have not yet tried out
> whether it provides a plugin, too.

The Quicktime capability and codecs that are bundled with the K-Lite 
Codec Packs do not include plugins, but the stand-alone Quicktime 
Alternative provides plugins for the Mozilla family of browsers.

> Presumably, I can make Firefox download it instead of playing it
> and then I could still use the regular Quicktime, because the program is
> still there (and working, I hope).

No doubt you can if you have a link to a *.mov file. I download such 
files (if there is no alternative format) because I usually want to save 
them for later. Occasionally it is more convenient to click the link and 
watch it in the browser.

If Quicktime is like many other video and audio formats, it will also 
have a streaming mode that is designed to be difficult to capture. In 
that case, the plugin may be required to view.

> It is just the plugin that I cannot
> use anymore. This should not be a big problem, as I rarely have to deal
> with Quicktime movies.

For a long time, I had no Quicktime player on my computer at all. Then I 
found a video that I wanted to see, and the only format available was 
*.mov... <shrug> (Of course, that was before I heard about freeware open 
source players and codec bundles that handle nearly every format in 
existence.)

Jeff