
Forgive me if some of the suggestions are of the "is the power cord plugged in?" type, I just want to make sure everything is covered.ġ) Make sure you have a debug Flash Player installed - in Firefox, go to to check your Flash Player version.Ģ) What browser is set up as your default (Windows -> Preferences, General -> Web Browser)? Make sure you've got Firefox set up and selected.ģ) Make sure your app was built as debuggable.

Mozilla is trying to build HTML5 and web technologies - they want web developers to use that, not to make shiny new Pepper plug-ins more tempting.I'm using FB 4.6 instead of 4.7, but I think this should work. On the Mozilla mailing list, Mozilla’s Robert O’Callahan argues that supporting Pepper would be a waste of resources. The MozillaWiki page on the subject has a terse message: “Mozilla is not interested in or working on Pepper at this time.” The topic was also discussed on the Mozilla bugzilla. Mozilla doesn’t want to implement Pepper plug-in support in Firefox and its Gecko rendering engine. RELATED: 10 Things You Didn't Know Your Web Browser Could Do Yet Why Can Firefox Not Use the Pepper Plugin?

The Linux Flash NPAPI plug-in isn’t healthy - it’s on life support, and they’ll eventually have to pull the plug. Adobe hasn’t announced any plans to cease security updates for Flash 11.2 on Linux, but we wouldn’t be surprised to see them do that in a few years.

You won’t get any performance, battery life, or security infrastructure improvements if you continue to use Flash with Firefox. That’s why Firefox’s Plugin Check doesn’t flag the old Flash plug-in as outdated. Does This Mean Flash for Firefox is Insecure?Īdobe notes they’re continuing to provide security updates for Flash 11.2 on Linux, but they’re only actively developing the Pepper Flash plug-in for Linux.
