Allow Scripts To Watch Videos

[Video Hound]

First off, I love this add-on. It's the first add-on I install whenever creating a new profile on Firefox on any computer.
Second, the FAQ had a few tips that solved other issues that were mildly irritating.

But that leads me to my question which I will ask in the form of a hypothetical scenario:
Say I go onto site www.somesite.com which has media content I'd like to watch. But since I have noscript enabled globally, I have to either allow the entire site (temporarily, of course) or search for the scripts that look like they might be the ones required by the embedded media player. Is there a way to make this easier?

I know I can permanently allow scripts that are specifically media-related (eg, brightcove.com), but doing that causes sites to load slower than when scripts are forbidden--until I choose to allow them (to watch an embedded video).

Is there some rule or option I can enable to make this easier? Or perhaps is there a way to work backwards: add scripts to a "permanently block" list that is enforced even when "temporarily allow all this page" is clicked?

Thanks for the help, and thanks for your wonderful work.

[therube]

> Is there a way to make this easier?

Not IMO.
My take on it is that over time I become familiar with what is needed where & just deal with it as the need arises.

Some sites are just true PITA, in all kinds of ways.
In those cases I'll look for alternatives (to the site) or just ignore their content entirely.

There's enough out there that my bypassing PITA sites isn't going to bother me.
And if that means that I end up not seeing something, so be it.


Can ABE, or something ABE-like, allow certain domains when particular content-types are found?


I don't think something like this would meet your wants:

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user_pref("noscript.allowedMimeRegExp", "application/x-shockwave-flash@http?://images10\\.newegg\\.com");

[Video Hound]

I don't think something like this would meet your wants:

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user_pref("noscript.allowedMimeRegExp", "application/x-shockwave-flash@http?://images10\\.newegg\\.com");

Not entirely. That would still require the application be granted permanent access, not simply whenever I specifically choose to grant it access. Thanks though.

[Thrawn]

Or perhaps is there a way to work backwards: add scripts to a "permanently block" list that is enforced even when "temporarily allow all this page" is clicked?

Yes, the Untrusted submenu does this.

[Video Hound]

Or perhaps is there a way to work backwards: add scripts to a "permanently block" list that is enforced even when "temporarily allow all this page" is clicked?

Yes, the Untrusted submenu does this.

Hah. That'll work, thanks.