Firefox and Windows Media Player

I've been using Firefox for many years now. The only thing I've been using Internet Explorer for is to watch videos at CNN.com and other places that use the embedded Windows Media Player as WMP doesn't work in Firefox....or didn't until I found this little gem of an add-on.

The add-on is called MediaPlayerConnectivity. It's quick and easy to download and install. I used the default install settings went to CNN.com, clicked on a video, had to install one quick little plug-in and I can now watch videos from Firefox. No more IE!!

IE has never run well on this computer. I don't know if it's the XP64 OS or the 64bit hardware causing the problem but IE has always been boggy and resource intensive on my computer. Now I never have to use IE again!

As with anything computer related, YMMV*. In other words, if this little add-on doesn't work for you for whatever reason it's easy to uninstall.

*Your Mileage May Vary