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    [Solved]How do i enable plugins in opera 44?

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    • dontneedaname
      dontneedaname last edited by

      Man why is every browser ditching Java? geez i may need to use IE

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

        Man why is every browser ditching Java?

        Oracle is dropping Java plug-in.

        Also, the future of the web is - or should be at least - plug-in free.

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        • lando242
          lando242 last edited by

          Java plugins are dead. The developer is dropping support, all current browsers are dropping support, it has been a long time coming. Just stop using websites that were designed in 2008 and you won't even need it anymore.

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          • athlonite
            athlonite last edited by

            But how do you even access the plugins page now all I get with opera://plugins is this site can't be reached

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            • sgunhouse
              sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

              There is none, Chromium removed it.

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                But how do you even access the plugins page now all I get with opera://plugins is this site can't be reached

                Plugins page has been removed by Chromium since it became kinda obsolete.

                There are sections for Flash and PDF viewer in Settings.

                For Widevine you can use opera://components.

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                • ynotdoo
                  ynotdoo last edited by

                  But how do you even access the plugins page now all I get with opera://plugins is this site can't be reached

                  Plugins page has been removed by Chromium since it became kinda obsolete.
                  There are sections for Flash and PDF viewer in Settings.
                  For Widevine you can use opera://components.

                  im trying to watch netflix and it says that Widevine is disabled, how would I enable it?

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                  • leocg
                    leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                    how would I enable it?

                    It's enabled by default and can't be disabled.

                    Anyway you can try checking opera://components/

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                    • thartneid
                      thartneid last edited by

                      Everyone here seems to tell me, that it's a good thing the opera:plugins page has been removed.

                      I say: nonsense!

                      For instance flash-player. It could happen, when installing the latest PPAPI-flash-plugin, all of a sudden certain online-videos couldn't play anymore because of damn area-restrictions from some tv-station-websites (e.g. ad-financed preview videos).

                      In that case I had to revert to the previous flash-PPAPI until the blunder was fixed (usually 1 or 2 versions later).

                      Now, without the Menu/Developers/plugins overview, I cannot even tell which build of flash-PPAPI is actively installed, let alone disable it selectively for pages with conflicts between flash and "shockwave"-videos.

                      So, before uninstalling and reverting to previous flash version because of crappy latest build, how can I now at least tell the version number of the version currently installed??

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                      • leocg
                        leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                        Everyone here seems to tell me, that it's a good thing the opera:plugins page has been removed.
                        I say: nonsense!

                        The only third part plug-in supported by Chromium is Flash and having a page for it when you can change its settings in the Settings page is what I would call nonsense. 🙂

                        It could happen, when installing the latest PPAPI-flash-plugin, all of a sudden certain online-videos couldn't play anymore because of damn area-restrictions from some tv-station-websites (e.g. ad-financed preview videos).

                        It doesn't make sense to me. If a video on a page has view restrictions and can only be watched from a certain place, using a new or an old version of Flash will not change it.

                        how can I now at least tell the version number of the version currently installed??

                        Windows' Control Panel or this Adobe's page

                        Anyway, version of Flash should not be something relevant for the regular user.

                        BTW, the main issue of this topic has been resolved so closing it.

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