It’s a safe bet that your web browser uses at least one plugin, and probably several. Maybe it’s just Flash (the other one!) for viewing animations and video (think YouTube and Hulu). Maybe it’s Silverlight for watching Netflix, or Shockwave for playing games. You’ve probably got Java installed.
Just like your web browser, these plugins must be kept up to date or you’ll run into problems: missing features, instability, or (worst case) security vulnerabilities. Unfortunately, most plugins don’t update themselves.
Several months ago, Mozilla introduced a service called Plugin Check that will identify the plugins you have installed and tell you whether they need to be updated — and how to do it. At first it only worked on Firefox, but now it’s been expanded to all major browsers: Chrome, Safari, Opera, and even Internet Explorer.
It’s worth taking a few moments to check. Think of it as a pit stop for your computer’s web browser.
(Reposted from K-Squared Ramblings)
Thank you!
Has anyone actually gotten the Plugin Check page to work? I keep getting ‘error’ ‘retry’ no matter what day or time I try it. Have updated everything but the Java by hunting for it individually, but following instructions on it still leaves me with the older version of Java. Have switched it off. Hopefully, this will be resolved soon.
It’s worked perfectly for me on at least four computers with several different web browsers.
Well, still can’t get it to work even with Firefox’s Forum help. Not only that, but I’m noticing that my Firefox is crashing a lot of late and each time it was after I’d been at this website for a bit and was coming off a comment. Don’t know if you use flash programs here or what…I even have Flashblock turned on. Dang. Might have to use another browser just to come here.