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USING "MOZILLA FIREFOX" TO

CONNECT TO

"ADOBE CONNECT":

ISSUES AND WORKAROUNDS

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Web location for this

presentation:

http://aztcs.orgClick on

“Meeting Notes”

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SUMMARYThe default settings of some

"Mozilla Filefox" extensions

such as "NoScript" and

"Intel Identity Protection

Technology" block

connections to "Adobe

Connect" Webinar URLs.

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SUMMARY (continued)

The workarounds for this

problem include disabling

the extensions, removing

the extensions, and adding

"adobeconnect.com" to the

"white list" of the extension

program.

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INABILITY TO JOIN A WEBINAR

• The default settings of some

extensions for "..Firefox" result

in the inability to join an "Adobe

Connect" Webinar.

• This problem occurs for both

"Windows.." computers and Mac

OS X computers:

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"FIREFOX" AND "NOSCRIPT"

PROBLEM IN "WINDOWS.."• Here is what happens when you

click on an "Adobe Connect"

Join URL in a "Windows.."

computer and your default

browser is set to default to

"Mozilla Firefox" and the

"NoScript" extension has been

installed with all defaults:

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"FIREFOX" AND "NOSCRIPT" PROBLEM

IN "WINDOWS.." (continued)

• Francis discovered that

disabling the "NoScript"

extensions in "Firefox" in his

"Windows 8" computer allowed

access to the "Track 1" URL in

his Mac:

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"INTEL IDENTITY PROTECTION"

PROBLEM

• Here is what happens when you

click on an "Adobe Connect" Join

URL in a "Windows.." computer

and your default browser is set to

default to "Mozilla Firefox" and the

"Intel Identity Protection

Technology" has been installed

with all defaults:

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"INTEL IDENTITY PROTECTION"

PROBLEM (continued)

• Betty of APCUG discovered that

disabling the two "Intel Indentity

Protection Technology" modules

in "Firefox" allowed access to

the Adobe Connect URL for

"Track 1" of the August 3 "VTC

8":

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"FIREFOX" AND "NOSCRIPT" PROBLEM

IN MAC OS X

• Here is what happens when you

click on an "Adobe Connect"

Join URL in a Max OS X

computer and your default

browser is set to default to

"Mozilla Firefox" and the

"NoScript" extension has been

installed with all defaults:

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"FIREFOX" AND "NOSCRIPT"

PROBLEM IN MAC OS X (continued)

• "M" discovered that disabling

the "NoScript" extensions in

"Firefox" allowed access to the

"Track 1" URL in her Mac:

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