Firefox 17 to come with click-to-play, stricter HTTPS enforcement

Mozilla’s latest version of Firefox will come with click-to-play enabled by default. This feature is meant to deal with vulnerable or outdated plugins, and plugins that are blocked with the click-to-play flag will not be loaded by default — you will have to click on the plugin to run it in your browser. The click-to-play plugins will accompany a blocklist, which is essentially a list of addons and plugins that are disabled to prevent users coming to harm. This includes vulnerable and outdated versions of popular plugins.Whenever you are browsing a site that utilises a vulnerable or outdated plugin that has been included in the blocklist, you’ll see the click-to-play frame over the blocked content. If you think that the site is safe enough for you to run the plugin, simply click on the content to run it. Combining click-to-play with a blocklist enables you to choose whether vulnerable but useful plugins can be run on certain websites.

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