2 questions about firefox I just have to ask.

[Mark Knoop]

On 16/01/07, Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Further the Plugins window. Those displayed have no relation to what is
> in /usr/lib/firefox.x.x/plugins so I ma not sure where the ones I see
> come from, nor how to get the right ones displayed. And none of this has
> anything to do with what is displayed in the about:plugins web address.
> How does one deal with plugins in an organized way?

firefox collects plugins from several places:

~/.mozilla/plugins/
/usr/lib/firefox-<version>/plugins/
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/

about:plugins does display a filename for each entry - if you want to
find where it's living, just do, eg:

locate mplayerplug-in-qt.so

The download actions window _sometimes_ associates plugins with
filetypes (don't ask me when and why), but it's more for a case when
you may have checked the "Always use this program to open this file
type". Eg, try downloading an rpm from a website - firefox will ask if
you want to download it or open it with the Software Installer.

-- 
Mark Knoop