On 10/26/2013 9:07 AM, Geoff Welsh wrote: > David E. Ross wrote: >> On 10/26/2013 7:46 AM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: >>> WaltS wrote: >>> >>>> On 10/26/2013 09:58 AM, Sam Cook wrote: >>>>> Win8.1 on new Dell Laptop.... SM2.21 will not run Flash. It always >>>>> crashes or refuses to run. >>>>> Anybody know what is wrong? >>>> >>>> Sorry I don't have the hardware or Win 8.1 to test with, but did you try >>>> SeaMonkey safe mode? Help> Restart with Add-ons Disabled. >>> >>> Hard to see how disabling add-ons will help with a Flash problem. By >>> definition, that means Flash cannot run. >>> >> >> Unfortunately, Mozilla developers decided to use the term "add-ons" to >> lump extensions, themes, and plugins together. This is causing extreme >> confusion among end-users. >> >> Safe Mode only disables extensions and themes, not plugins. >> > > that doesn't make sense either....you can't have a SM without ANY theme, > right? > > They should change the wording of what Safe Mode really does do. > > GW >
When I launch SeaMonkey in Safe Mode and look at the Add-ons Manager, both themes -- Default and Modern, which are delivered with the installation -- are indicated as disabled. Possibly an internal theme (which looks very much like Default) is used. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> Where does your elected official stand? Which politicians refuse to tell us where they stand? See the non-partisan Project Vote Smart at <http://votesmart.org/>. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
