I love Firefox, I really do. But every so often the browser’s built-in media player will turn itself on, and any video or mp3 I click on will open a new tab with the file being played by the browser’s player instead of loading the download prompt, which is what I want.
Thankfully, it’s pretty easy to fix:
– In the address bar, type about:config and press ENTER. Accept the warning message (the exact text varies by Firefox version) and click “Continue”.
– Type (or paste) media.play-stand-alone in the search box at the top of the window.
– The value for the entry will almost certainly be set to TRUE. Double-click the text and it should change to FALSE.
This change should take effect immediately, without having to restart Firefox, although it certainly won’t hurt to restart anyway.
Thank you lots for this!