Iyow - in your own words

Anybody who’s tried to deal with all the varied plugins for video and media files for your browser knows that it can be a real PITA (or pain in the arse). In addition, many of us who prefer to use a browser more secure than Internet Exploder often have to do a little more legwork. That is, I did until I found this little plugin: Video Downloader by Javi Moya.

It’s great! If there is a video file or stream I want to view in Firefox, but I don’t have the correct plugins or software, it auto-detects and installs the correct piece. My one quibble is that it locally downloads the file or stream by default, whereas sometimes I’d prefer to play the file from the remote URL. But it’s easy enough to remove the file when it’s done, and that’s a small price to pay for the added functionality on one’s favorite browser.

Kudos to Boing Boing for first bringing it to our attention.