On: Back to the front of the pack: Ars reviews Firefox...

[guelo]

If you'd have read the article to the end you would have seen that Firefox now isolates browser plugins so they don't take down the browser with them.

[skippybosco → guelo]

With the addition of the FlashBlock plugin (http://flashblock.mozdev.org/) the chance of those crashes happening drops significantly.

[swaits → skippybosco]

This can be done without a plugin in Chrome. Simply go to about:flags and enable the Click to Play plugins option. This enables an extra option in the prefs under Content Settings IIRC, that allows you to force any, all, or specific plugins to behave this way. Godsend.

[natmaster → guelo]

This has been true since 3.6 unless you're on mac.