Hackszine.com: NetFlix "Instant Watching" in Firefox

NetFlix "Instant Watching" in Firefox

NetFlix Instant Watching in Firefox.jpg

For all lucky NetFlix users who see the "Watch Now" tab at NetFlix.com (indicating early access to the new Instant Watching feature) but are disappointed that the feature is IE only, Hacking NetFlix has uncovered a fix for watching NetFlix streaming movies within Firefox:

Install the IE Tab Add-on, and in the IE Tab options (Tools menu, IE Tab Options) add "http://www.netflix.com" to the sites filter.

As noted at the end of the post, all we need now is a hack for Mac support (actually, more of us still need the Instant Watching feature too). ... Well, anyone?

Related:

Breaking: Netflix Launches "Watch Now" Downloads (Hacking NetFlix)
Demo: Netflix "Watch Now" Movie Downloads (Hacking NetFlix)
NetFlix Offers Subscribers the Option of Instantly Watching Movies on their PCs (NetFlix Press Release)

Posted by | Jan 25, 2007 05:56 AM
Firefox, Life, Lifehacker, NetFlix, Web | Permalink | Comments (4)

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Posted by: on December 1, 2007 at 3:04 AM

It should be add "http://*.netflix.com/*" to the sites filter... the * is important

Posted by: Subspace on February 10, 2008 at 6:34 PM

This is not a hack, you're still using IE. You're just using it as a tab running inside Firefox. This implies that it's a total work-around; risks associated with IE are still present.

Posted by: Subspace on February 10, 2008 at 6:34 PM

This is not a hack, you're still using IE. You're just using it as a tab running inside Firefox. This implies that it's a total work-around; risks associated with IE are still present.

Posted by: clueless on August 6, 2008 at 2:16 AM

so how the hell do i access the filter option to add http://*.netflix.com/*

????
someone help please