Enable/Disable Add-Ons for specific sites

[J.W. Anthony]

Hello,

I got fed up with all the animated Flash advertisements, so I decided to
disable the Shockwave Flash Object Add-on. (Tools->Manage Add-ons). It's
working great so far, as I don't have to search for the little 'X Close' box
on the advertisement that pops up or worry about my mouse wandering over a
banner ad.

But there are a couple of web sites that use Shockwave Flash that I visit
infrequently. Every time I do so, I must enable the Add-On through the
Tools menu and disable it when I'm done. While this is not too big of a
hassle, it would be nice to enable the Shockwave Flash Objects on these
specific sites (while disabled on all other sites).

Does anyone know if Add-Ons can be enabled/disabled on a site-by-site basis,
or by browser window basis?

Regards,
J.W.

 

[Rob Parsons]

Hi JW
This question has been asked previously. Unfortunately there is no settings
for blocking ActiveX on a by site basis. You could try enabling ActiveX
Flash in your Add-ons manager, then setting your Internet Security settings
to High (blocking activeX) and then adding specific sites to your trusted
zone (where the security level is low, allowing activeX).

 

[J.W. Anthony]

Hello,

Thank you for the reply.

I suppose this would mean that all ActiveX Add-ons would be disabled for the
sites. Hmmm... as I look at the add-ins, I realize that the only seemingly
useful ones would be Flash and Java. That's something to consider.

Thanks again,
J.W.