Jul 19, '02 09:09:04AM • Contributed by: hoopyfrood
Handling of MIME types in Mozilla has been left to individual applications. Which is to say there is no pref for customizing these options. Further, if multiple plug-ins are installed to handle a given content type, the one that "wins" is the one whose plug-in file in /Library/Internet Plugins comes first alphabetically. Users are empowered to take control of which plug-in they use by their renaming plug-ins.
So I renamed the QT6 plugin (by putting a "z" at the front of its name), and, bingo!, it works (and IE is unaffected by the name change). I hope QuickTime doesn't get flak for Mozilla/NS6's bizarre handling of plugins.
[Editor's note: Running version 1.0 of Mozilla, I visited Macromedia's Flash pages, and everything seemed normal - Flash content displayed within the browser window and without any obvious signs that QuickTime 6 might have been in control ... and my /Library/Internet Plugins folder still has QuickTime listed above the Flash/Shockwave plugin. I'm not sure why I'm not affected here while hoopyfrood is, but thought others might find this tip useful if they're having a problem with QuickTime and Mozilla.]
