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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: PATCH: disabling plugins
From:       Wynn Wilkes <wynnw () calderasystems ! com>
Date:       2001-01-03 23:34:39
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Hello,

On Wednesday 03 January 2001 04:22 pm, Malte Starostik wrote:
> > can I apply this patch? It adds a "Enable Plugins" Checkbox in the
> > konqueror configuration. It's important to have an easy way to disable
> > this, as there is a buffer overflow in the flash plugin (fixes my report
> > #17992). I could only test this with flash.
> >
> > It now defaults to false. Why doesn't it have a server-specific settings?
> > Well, the problem is that we're heading in the wrong direction with our
> > "server specific" UI, IMHO. The normal use case is to trust as server,
> > i.e. enable Java, Javascript, Plugins *and* Cookies. With the current UI,
> > you have to add the server several times. It would be better to add the
> > server to only one list, and then have those settings for that server in
> > one place. But I currently don't have time for that and it's a kind of
> > new feature anyway.
>
> I second this but please note that when Java/JS were on one page, it was
> exactly like that: You added the server once, and chose allow/disallow for
> Java and JS in the edit dialog. In the list Java and JS then appeared in
> one line next to each other.

We(I and danimo) changed this since there was a desire for java and 
javascript to have their own control tabs since there were more configuration 
options we wanted to add for each separate area.

We could have a server settings tab where you would set these individual 
server settings, and then you could have tabs for each of the others to set 
their options.  That shouldn't be too hard I think.  The server settings page 
could get big though and end up being more confusing to people.  I can see 
your point though.  I'm not sure what the best direction would be.  Myself, I 
like having the servers separate, but I only do stuff with java and 
javascript, I don't do a lot of cookie management.

Thoughts?

-- 
Wynn Wilkes
Caldera Systems, Inc.

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