Windows 7 Firefox pop-up blocker "ask to activate" window displaytime change

When I click on a button to play audio that uses flash, it used to popup
a box asking if I want to allow Flash to run. Now, I think it is still
doing that, but the box flashes on/off so fast I cannot even read it,
much less tell it yes. Can anyone suggest how to change the display time
for that "ask to activate" box?

If I turn off "ask to activate" in Firefox settings, I can play the
audio, but I prefer to have the extra safety of OKing the popup.

Bob F wrote:
When I click on a button to play audio that uses flash, it used to popup a box asking if I
want to allow Flash to run. Now, I think it is still doing that, but the box flashes
on/off so fast I cannot even read it, much less tell it yes. Can anyone suggest how to
change the display time for that "ask to activate" box?

If I turn off "ask to activate" in Firefox settings, I can play the audio, but I prefer to
have the extra safety of OKing the popup.

What FF version?

On 9/3/2017 10:19 AM, Paul in Houston TX wrote:
Bob F wrote:
When I click on a button to play audio that uses flash, it used to
popup a box asking if I
want to allow Flash to run. Now, I think it is still doing that, but
the box flashes
on/off so fast I cannot even read it, much less tell it yes. Can
anyone suggest how to
change the display time for that "ask to activate" box?

If I turn off "ask to activate" in Firefox settings, I can play the
audio, but I prefer to
have the extra safety of OKing the popup.

What FF version?


55.0.3 (32-bit)

Bob F wrote:
On 9/3/2017 10:19 AM, Paul in Houston TX wrote:
Bob F wrote:
When I click on a button to play audio that uses flash, it used to popup a box asking if I
want to allow Flash to run. Now, I think it is still doing that, but the box flashes
on/off so fast I cannot even read it, much less tell it yes. Can anyone suggest how to
change the display time for that "ask to activate" box?

If I turn off "ask to activate" in Firefox settings, I can play the audio, but I prefer to
have the extra safety of OKing the popup.

What FF version?


55.0.3 (32-bit)

There are continuing problems with new versions of FF.
I would first try reinstalling the latest FF and Flash.
Or post on the FF NG.
mozilla.support.firefox
news://news.mozilla.org:119/mozilla.support.firefox

Bob F wrote:

When I click on a button to play audio that uses flash, it used to popup
a box asking if I want to allow Flash to run. Now, I think it is still
doing that, but the box flashes on/off so fast I cannot even read it,
much less tell it yes. Can anyone suggest how to change the display time
for that "ask to activate" box?

If I turn off "ask to activate" in Firefox settings, I can play the
audio, but I prefer to have the extra safety of OKing the popup.

The click-to-play icon should remain indefinitely displayed in the page.
However, to show the icon means the web browser is altering the content
of the page so you can see the click-to-play image. Could be the page's
script is interferring with the click-to-play image, like repeatedly
refreshing the page using script or the meta-refresh HTML tag.

What the page cannot make go away is the click-to-play icon outside the
page window and shown in the chrome of the web browser. If there is
Flash content in a page and you configure Firefox to "Ask to Activate"
for the Flash plug-in, Firefox will show an old reel camera icon at the
left end of its address bar. You can click on that to allow the Flash
content to play.

Your choices will be "Allow" and "Allow and Remember". "Allow" is a
temporary exception. On the next load of Firefox, Flash will not start
playing on that page. "Allow and Remember" adds an entry to the site
preference for that site. On a later load of Firefox, the Flash content
will begin automatically. If you configure Firefox to purge Site
Preferences on exit then the "Allow and Remember" won't be remembered in
your next session of Firefox.

The click-to-play "reel camera" icon at the left end of the address bar
(part of the chrome) is outside the reach of scripts or meta-refresh
used within a web page's code.

You didn't say which version of Firefox you are using. I'm using
Firefox 55.0.3 x64 on Windows 7 Home Premium x64.

On 09/03/2017 11:24 AM, Bob F wrote:
When I click on a button to play audio that uses flash, it used to popup
a box asking if I want to allow Flash to run. Now, I think it is still
doing that, but the box flashes on/off so fast I cannot even read it,
much less tell it yes. Can anyone suggest how to change the display time
for that "ask to activate" box?

If I turn off "ask to activate" in Firefox settings, I can play the
audio, but I prefer to have the extra safety of OKing the popup.


If a page requires Flash, there should be a plug-in icon (looks like a
LEGO block) just to the left of the URL. Click that. That's what I'm
doing, since the change.

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On 9/3/2017 2:03 PM, Mark Lloyd wrote:
On 09/03/2017 11:24 AM, Bob F wrote:
When I click on a button to play audio that uses flash, it used to
popup a box asking if I want to allow Flash to run. Now, I think it is
still doing that, but the box flashes on/off so fast I cannot even
read it, much less tell it yes. Can anyone suggest how to change the
display time for that "ask to activate" box?

If I turn off "ask to activate" in Firefox settings, I can play the
audio, but I prefer to have the extra safety of OKing the popup.


If a page requires Flash, there should be a plug-in icon (looks like a
LEGO block) just to the left of the URL. Click that. That's what I'm
doing, since the change.


Thank you everyone. This was what I needed.