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besson3c
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Jun 10, 2011, 09:09 PM
 
Tip:

1) Disable any Flash blocking extensions current running
2) Go to "about:flags"
3) Enable "click to play"
4) Restart your browser
5) Go to your Chrome prefs -> Under the Hood -> Content Settings
6) Under "Plugins" set the option to "click to play"
     
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Jun 12, 2011, 01:29 PM
 
This is actually a pretty cool feature, I find it much faster than running an extension...
     
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Jun 12, 2011, 02:11 PM
 
Thanks for the tip, besson!
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Jun 12, 2011, 08:17 PM
 
Hey, that's pretty neat.

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Jun 13, 2011, 04:26 AM
 
If you look through the possible settings in Safari, there is an option like this. Setting it in the .plist (or with defaults, same thing) does nothing, but it shows that they were thinking about it.
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Jun 13, 2011, 09:05 AM
 
Originally Posted by P View Post
If you look through the possible settings in Safari, there is an option like this. Setting it in the .plist (or with defaults, same thing) does nothing, but it shows that they were thinking about it.

Have you tried this in the Nightlies? I'd be happy to if you can let me know the path to where you found the pref XML/plist?
     
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Jun 13, 2011, 11:48 AM
 
Originally Posted by besson3c View Post
Tip:

1) Disable any Flash blocking extensions current running
2) Go to "about:flags"
3) Enable "click to play"
4) Restart your browser
5) Go to your Chrome prefs -> Under the Hood -> Content Settings
6) Under "Plugins" set the option to "click to play"
Good find. Wish it would give a preview like "click to flash" extension is safari does.
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Jun 13, 2011, 02:19 PM
 
Originally Posted by JellyBeen View Post
Good find. Wish it would give a preview like "click to flash" extension is safari does.
Are you sure that ClickToFlash is doing that and that is not just the href for the plugin? Do you have an example?
     
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Jun 13, 2011, 05:19 PM
 
Originally Posted by besson3c View Post
Have you tried this in the Nightlies? I'd be happy to if you can let me know the path to where you found the pref XML/plist?
No, I haven't tried it on anything other than the Safari 5.0.5 that I have installed right now.

Safari has a file that details the default settings in the app - presumably what is supposed to get copied out . You can find it by doing Show Package Contents and then going to Contents -> Resources. In there is a file called Defaults.plist. This file has an intriguing setting called StartFlashAutomatically. As I said, it doesn't do anything as far as I can tell.
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