The Facebook Quicktime Virus
April 30, 2009 by Jason Bean
Filed under Computers
I’ve written about my dislike of Apple software a variety of times before. You see my experience with dealing with and trying to remove Apple software has been more akin to the feelings I have when trying to get rid of malware or other unwanted software on computers. The challenge now is that I’ve gotten Apple off of my computer but now they’ve teamed with Facebook to get it back on my computer with Quicktime.
Quicktime Install on Facebook
I’m not sure what bothers me more in this situation. I understand that Quicktime is a popular plug-in and many people have no problem with the application.
My bigger frustration is that I have to continually tell Facebook and my Firefox browser that I’m not interested in the plugin and I’m NOT GOING TO “Install Missing Plugins”.
Does anyone know if there’s some way to force the browser or Facebook to remember my preference here? I’d love to know if you do. It gets old continually trying to take care of this issue.
about:config is your friend!
I think you’re looking for the plugins.hide_infobar_for_missing_plugin value. Set it to true.
James if that works you’ll be my new favorite friend! I found the about:config settings and made the change you recommended. Let’s hope it works.
Hey, you can also stop this message from appearing by unticking the second box on the chat window settings. It’s the option for playing a sound.
@james : thx so much..
The solution that James recommends will stop the plugin notification for *all* future and unrelated missing plugins too! This is really not a good option for most people.
I would recommend rather Googling “Quicktime Alternative” and downloading and installing that.
Thx James
Turn off sound notifications on your facebook profile in the settings. If you don’t know how, just google “facebook quicktime notifiction sound”