The Mozilla Firefox web browser is used by roughly 30% of all Internet users and the company is seriously concerned about the Security of its users for many years.
To Improve the Stability, Security and performance of Firefox web browser, Mozilla announced back in 2013 that it planned to enable Click to Play feature in upcoming Firefox versions, which will block most vulnerable plugins like Java by default.
Plugins are a significant source of poor performance, crashes and security vulnerabilities, Mozilla said.
The Feature 'Click to play' blocks the execution of all plugins automatically, though this feature was annoying to the users, so to prevent all plugins from default blocking, Mozilla announced to maintain a whitelist of approved plugins.
By allowing users to decide which sites need to use plugins, Firefox will help protect them and keep their browser running smoothly. ~Benjamin Smedberg, Engineering Manager.