On 02-08-2007 12:15 CET, Jim S composed this enchanting statement:
> If I start on BBC video player from a link eg here http://news.bbc.co.uk/
> it asks me for details - which quality, which player?
> If I use it again later without closing the page it does not ask. If I close
> the page or Firefox, it asks me next time.
> I have cookies allowed using Cookie Button, but I have tried normally
> allowing cookies, but it's just the same.
> With IE it remembers.
>
Confirm behaviour. Also, the Real Player plug-in causes abends at
various times after displaying a video.

Aboutlugins shows:

RealPlayer(tm) G2 LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-in (Mac)

File name: RealPlayer Plugin
RealPlayer(tm) LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-in

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin RealPlayer rpm Yes




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Kind regards,
Melchert

(MacOS 10.3.9 / Firefox 2.0, Thunderbird 2.0)

On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:10:21 +0200, Melchert Fruitema wrote:

> On 02-08-2007 12:15 CET, Jim S composed this enchanting statement:
>> If I start on BBC video player from a link eg here http://news.bbc.co.uk/
>> it asks me for details - which quality, which player?
>> If I use it again later without closing the page it does not ask. If I close
>> the page or Firefox, it asks me next time.
>> I have cookies allowed using Cookie Button, but I have tried normally
>> allowing cookies, but it's just the same.
>> With IE it remembers.
>>
> Confirm behaviour. Also, the Real Player plug-in causes abends at
> various times after displaying a video.
>
> Aboutlugins shows:
>
> RealPlayer(tm) G2 LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-in (Mac)
>
> File name: RealPlayer Plugin
> RealPlayer(tm) LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-in
>
> MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
> audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin RealPlayer rpm Yes

There's another one further down.

BTW Opera works ok.
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Jim S
Tyneside UK
http://www.jimscott.co.uk

On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 11:15:28 +0100, Jim S wrote:

> If I start on BBC video player from a link eg here http://news.bbc.co.uk/
> it asks me for details - which quality, which player?
> If I use it again later without closing the page it does not ask. If I close
> the page or Firefox, it asks me next time.
> I have cookies allowed using Cookie Button, but I have tried normally
> allowing cookies, but it's just the same.
> With IE it remembers.

There has been no further comment on this since my OP on 2nd August.
Can nothing be done?
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Jim S
Tyneside UK
www.jimscott.co.uk

Jim S wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 11:15:28 +0100, Jim S wrote:
>
>> If I start on BBC video player from a link eg here http://news.bbc.co.uk/
>> it asks me for details - which quality, which player?
>> If I use it again later without closing the page it does not ask. If I close
>> the page or Firefox, it asks me next time.
>> I have cookies allowed using Cookie Button, but I have tried normally
>> allowing cookies, but it's just the same.
>> With IE it remembers.
>
> There has been no further comment on this since my OP on 2nd August.
> Can nothing be done?

Doesn't happen to me unless I use a clean profile.
Why not try deleting all the bbc cookies (using the cookie viewer) and
starting from scratch?

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On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:10:01 +0100, Robert M Jones wrote:

> Jim S wrote:
>> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 11:15:28 +0100, Jim S wrote:
>>
>>> If I start on BBC video player from a link eg here http://news.bbc.co.uk/
>>> it asks me for details - which quality, which player?
>>> If I use it again later without closing the page it does not ask. If I close
>>> the page or Firefox, it asks me next time.
>>> I have cookies allowed using Cookie Button, but I have tried normally
>>> allowing cookies, but it's just the same.
>>> With IE it remembers.
>>
>> There has been no further comment on this since my OP on 2nd August.
>> Can nothing be done?
>
> Doesn't happen to me unless I use a clean profile.
> Why not try deleting all the bbc cookies (using the cookie viewer) and
> starting from scratch?

Hi Robert
I just went through that as you suggested, but it makes no difference
EXCEPT it now wants to open in a tab rather than a pop-up window and
shrinks the whole firefox window down to 800 x 600 size and STILL asks for
approval.
Are you using 2.0.0.6?
This never happened before.
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Jim S
Tyneside UK
www.jimscott.co.uk

Jim S wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:10:01 +0100, Robert M Jones wrote:
>
>> Jim S wrote:
>>> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 11:15:28 +0100, Jim S wrote:
>>>
>>>> If I start on BBC video player from a link eg here http://news.bbc.co.uk/
>>>> it asks me for details - which quality, which player?
>>>> If I use it again later without closing the page it does not ask. If I close
>>>> the page or Firefox, it asks me next time.
>>>> I have cookies allowed using Cookie Button, but I have tried normally
>>>> allowing cookies, but it's just the same.
>>>> With IE it remembers.
>>> There has been no further comment on this since my OP on 2nd August.
>>> Can nothing be done?
>> Doesn't happen to me unless I use a clean profile.
>> Why not try deleting all the bbc cookies (using the cookie viewer) and
>> starting from scratch?
>
> Hi Robert
> I just went through that as you suggested, but it makes no difference
> EXCEPT it now wants to open in a tab rather than a pop-up window and
> shrinks the whole firefox window down to 800 x 600 size and STILL asks for
> approval.
> Are you using 2.0.0.6?
> This never happened before.

Yes. It does do this to me if I play the Listen Live/News and Analysis
link at the top of the page (which uses Real Player) and again if I play
a normal video link after that, but once I have done that once, it holds
the setting, even I close and re-open Firefox. I have had your problem
in the past but can't remember what solved it.

Have you tried initiating a Preferences session while the video player
is open, and then closing it using the X button while holding down Ctrl?
No idea whether that helps.

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Jim S wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 11:15:28 +0100, Jim S wrote:
>
>> If I start on BBC video player from a link eg here http://news.bbc.co.uk/
>> it asks me for details - which quality, which player?
>> If I use it again later without closing the page it does not ask. If I close
>> the page or Firefox, it asks me next time.
>> I have cookies allowed using Cookie Button, but I have tried normally
>> allowing cookies, but it's just the same.
>> With IE it remembers.
>
> There has been no further comment on this since my OP on 2nd August.
> Can nothing be done?
I have FF 2.0.0.6 and the BBC page sets 4 cookies after
responding to the query.
The 4 cookies are BBC-UID, BBCNewsAudience, BBCMediaSelector, &
BBCNewsAudcWght.
The expiration dates are approximately one year except for
BBCNewsAudience, which is two years.

If I close and reopen FF, it finds the cookies and BBC videos play.

Are you running some sort of ad blocker, either as an add-on to
FF or is one running in the background?

On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:57:13 -0600, Alan wrote:

> Jim S wrote:
>> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 11:15:28 +0100, Jim S wrote:
>>
>>> If I start on BBC video player from a link eg here http://news.bbc.co.uk/
>>> it asks me for details - which quality, which player?
>>> If I use it again later without closing the page it does not ask. If I close
>>> the page or Firefox, it asks me next time.
>>> I have cookies allowed using Cookie Button, but I have tried normally
>>> allowing cookies, but it's just the same.
>>> With IE it remembers.
>>
>> There has been no further comment on this since my OP on 2nd August.
>> Can nothing be done?
> I have FF 2.0.0.6 and the BBC page sets 4 cookies after
> responding to the query.
> The 4 cookies are BBC-UID, BBCNewsAudience, BBCMediaSelector, &
> BBCNewsAudcWght.
> The expiration dates are approximately one year except for
> BBCNewsAudience, which is two years.
>
> If I close and reopen FF, it finds the cookies and BBC videos play.
>
> Are you running some sort of ad blocker, either as an add-on to
> FF or is one running in the background?

Hello Alan
I have made some progress since I last posted.
I have the 4 cookies you mentioned and I can now open the video player
without being asked for permission every time.
It now opens as a tab rather than a pop-up which I suppose is better than
nothing.
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Tyneside UK
www.jimscott.co.uk

Jim S wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:57:13 -0600, Alan wrote:
>
>> Jim S wrote:
>>> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 11:15:28 +0100, Jim S wrote:
>>>
>>>> If I start on BBC video player from a link eg here http://news.bbc.co.uk/
>>>> it asks me for details - which quality, which player?
>>>> If I use it again later without closing the page it does not ask. If I close
>>>> the page or Firefox, it asks me next time.
>>>> I have cookies allowed using Cookie Button, but I have tried normally
>>>> allowing cookies, but it's just the same.
>>>> With IE it remembers.
>>> There has been no further comment on this since my OP on 2nd August.
>>> Can nothing be done?
>> I have FF 2.0.0.6 and the BBC page sets 4 cookies after
>> responding to the query.
>> The 4 cookies are BBC-UID, BBCNewsAudience, BBCMediaSelector, &
>> BBCNewsAudcWght.
>> The expiration dates are approximately one year except for
>> BBCNewsAudience, which is two years.
>>
>> If I close and reopen FF, it finds the cookies and BBC videos play.
>>
>> Are you running some sort of ad blocker, either as an add-on to
>> FF or is one running in the background?
>
> Hello Alan
> I have made some progress since I last posted.
> I have the 4 cookies you mentioned and I can now open the video player
> without being asked for permission every time.
> It now opens as a tab rather than a pop-up which I suppose is better than
> nothing.
Do you have Tab Mix Plus addon installed?

On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:05:02 -0600, Alan wrote:

> Jim S wrote:
>> On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:57:13 -0600, Alan wrote:
>>
>>> Jim S wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 11:15:28 +0100, Jim S wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If I start on BBC video player from a link eg here http://news.bbc.co.uk/
>>>>> it asks me for details - which quality, which player?
>>>>> If I use it again later without closing the page it does not ask. If I close
>>>>> the page or Firefox, it asks me next time.
>>>>> I have cookies allowed using Cookie Button, but I have tried normally
>>>>> allowing cookies, but it's just the same.
>>>>> With IE it remembers.
>>>> There has been no further comment on this since my OP on 2nd August.
>>>> Can nothing be done?
>>> I have FF 2.0.0.6 and the BBC page sets 4 cookies after
>>> responding to the query.
>>> The 4 cookies are BBC-UID, BBCNewsAudience, BBCMediaSelector, &
>>> BBCNewsAudcWght.
>>> The expiration dates are approximately one year except for
>>> BBCNewsAudience, which is two years.
>>>
>>> If I close and reopen FF, it finds the cookies and BBC videos play.
>>>
>>> Are you running some sort of ad blocker, either as an add-on to
>>> FF or is one running in the background?
>>
>> Hello Alan
>> I have made some progress since I last posted.
>> I have the 4 cookies you mentioned and I can now open the video player
>> without being asked for permission every time.
>> It now opens as a tab rather than a pop-up which I suppose is better than
>> nothing.
> Do you have Tab Mix Plus addon installed?

Yes. Why?
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Tyneside UK
www.jimscott.co.uk

Jim S wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:05:02 -0600, Alan wrote:
>
>> Jim S wrote:
>>> On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:57:13 -0600, Alan wrote:
>>>
>>>> Jim S wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 11:15:28 +0100, Jim S wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> If I start on BBC video player from a link eg here http://news.bbc.co.uk/
>>>>>> it asks me for details - which quality, which player?
>>>>>> If I use it again later without closing the page it does not ask. If I close
>>>>>> the page or Firefox, it asks me next time.
>>>>>> I have cookies allowed using Cookie Button, but I have tried normally
>>>>>> allowing cookies, but it's just the same.
>>>>>> With IE it remembers.
>>>>> There has been no further comment on this since my OP on 2nd August.
>>>>> Can nothing be done?
>>>> I have FF 2.0.0.6 and the BBC page sets 4 cookies after
>>>> responding to the query.
>>>> The 4 cookies are BBC-UID, BBCNewsAudience, BBCMediaSelector, &
>>>> BBCNewsAudcWght.
>>>> The expiration dates are approximately one year except for
>>>> BBCNewsAudience, which is two years.
>>>>
>>>> If I close and reopen FF, it finds the cookies and BBC videos play.
>>>>
>>>> Are you running some sort of ad blocker, either as an add-on to
>>>> FF or is one running in the background?
>>> Hello Alan
>>> I have made some progress since I last posted.
>>> I have the 4 cookies you mentioned and I can now open the video player
>>> without being asked for permission every time.
>>> It now opens as a tab rather than a pop-up which I suppose is better than
>>> nothing.
>> Do you have Tab Mix Plus addon installed?
>
> Yes. Why?
One of the Tab Mix Plus settings will open your BBC player in a
tab rather than a popup.
The setting is under Links | Javascript popups within Tab Mix
Plus Options.

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:12:16 -0600, Alan wrote:

> Jim S wrote:
>> On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:05:02 -0600, Alan wrote:
>>
>>> Jim S wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:57:13 -0600, Alan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Jim S wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 11:15:28 +0100, Jim S wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If I start on BBC video player from a link eg here http://news.bbc.co.uk/
>>>>>>> it asks me for details - which quality, which player?
>>>>>>> If I use it again later without closing the page it does not ask. If I close
>>>>>>> the page or Firefox, it asks me next time.
>>>>>>> I have cookies allowed using Cookie Button, but I have tried normally
>>>>>>> allowing cookies, but it's just the same.
>>>>>>> With IE it remembers.
>>>>>> There has been no further comment on this since my OP on 2nd August.
>>>>>> Can nothing be done?
>>>>> I have FF 2.0.0.6 and the BBC page sets 4 cookies after
>>>>> responding to the query.
>>>>> The 4 cookies are BBC-UID, BBCNewsAudience, BBCMediaSelector, &
>>>>> BBCNewsAudcWght.
>>>>> The expiration dates are approximately one year except for
>>>>> BBCNewsAudience, which is two years.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I close and reopen FF, it finds the cookies and BBC videos play.
>>>>>
>>>>> Are you running some sort of ad blocker, either as an add-on to
>>>>> FF or is one running in the background?
>>>> Hello Alan
>>>> I have made some progress since I last posted.
>>>> I have the 4 cookies you mentioned and I can now open the video player
>>>> without being asked for permission every time.
>>>> It now opens as a tab rather than a pop-up which I suppose is better than
>>>> nothing.
>>> Do you have Tab Mix Plus addon installed?
>>
>> Yes. Why?
> One of the Tab Mix Plus settings will open your BBC player in a
> tab rather than a popup.
> The setting is under Links | Javascript popups within Tab Mix
> Plus Options.

Got it. 'Allow resized pop-ups' seems to do the trick.
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Jim S
Tyneside UK
www.jimscott.co.uk