Add a "Enable web plugins" option under Edit > Preferences > Network. It allows to listen to sound pronunciations from online dictionaries that rely on flash plugin such as howjsay.com and dictionary.com. Plugin must be installed for this option to work. See http://doc.trolltech.com/4.5/qtwebkit.html#netscape-plugin-support

config.cc

@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ Preferences::Preferences():
 #endif
   checkForNewReleases( true ),
   disallowContentFromOtherSites( false ),
+  enableWebPlugins( false ),
   zoomFactor( 1 ),
   wordsZoomLevel( 0 )
 {
@@ -585,6 +586,9 @@ Class load() throw( exError )
 
     if ( !preferences.namedItem( "disallowContentFromOtherSites" ).isNull() )
       c.preferences.disallowContentFromOtherSites = ( preferences.namedItem( "disallowContentFromOtherSites" ).toElement().text() == "1" );
+
+    if ( !preferences.namedItem( "enableWebPlugins" ).isNull() )
+      c.preferences.enableWebPlugins = ( preferences.namedItem( "enableWebPlugins" ).toElement().text() == "1" );
   }
 
   c.lastMainGroupId = root.namedItem( "lastMainGroupId" ).toElement().text().toUInt();
@@ -1071,6 +1075,10 @@ void save( Class const & c ) throw( exError )
     opt = dd.createElement( "disallowContentFromOtherSites" );
     opt.appendChild( dd.createTextNode( c.preferences.disallowContentFromOtherSites ? "1" : "0" ) );
     preferences.appendChild( opt );
+
+    opt = dd.createElement( "enableWebPlugins" );
+    opt.appendChild( dd.createTextNode( c.preferences.enableWebPlugins ? "1" : "0" ) );
+    preferences.appendChild( opt );
   }
 
   {

config.hh

@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ struct Preferences
 
   bool checkForNewReleases;
   bool disallowContentFromOtherSites;
+  bool enableWebPlugins;
 
   qreal zoomFactor;
   int wordsZoomLevel;

mainwindow.cc

@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow( Config::Class & cfg_ ):
     restoreState( cfg.mainWindowState, 1 );
 
   applyProxySettings();
+  applyWebSettings();
 
   makeDictionaries();
 
@@ -594,6 +595,12 @@ void MainWindow::applyProxySettings()
   QNetworkProxy::setApplicationProxy( proxy );
 }
 
+void MainWindow::applyWebSettings()
+{
+  QWebSettings *defaultSettings = QWebSettings::globalSettings();
+  defaultSettings->setAttribute(QWebSettings::PluginsEnabled, cfg.preferences.enableWebPlugins);
+}
+
 void MainWindow::makeDictionaries()
 {
   scanPopup.reset();
@@ -1042,6 +1049,7 @@ void MainWindow::editPreferences()
 
     updateTrayIcon();
     applyProxySettings();
+    applyWebSettings();
     makeScanPopup();
 
     setAutostart( cfg.preferences.autoStart );

mainwindow.hh

@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ private:
   void closeEvent( QCloseEvent * );
 
   void applyProxySettings();
+  void applyWebSettings();
   void makeDictionaries();
   void updateStatusLine();
   void updateGroupList();

preferences.cc

@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ Preferences::Preferences( QWidget * parent, Config::Preferences const & p ):
 
   ui.checkForNewReleases->setChecked( p.checkForNewReleases );
   ui.disallowContentFromOtherSites->setChecked( p.disallowContentFromOtherSites );
+  ui.enableWebPlugins->setChecked( p.enableWebPlugins );
 }
 
 Config::Preferences Preferences::getPreferences()
@@ -242,6 +243,7 @@ Config::Preferences Preferences::getPreferences()
 
   p.checkForNewReleases = ui.checkForNewReleases->isChecked();
   p.disallowContentFromOtherSites = ui.disallowContentFromOtherSites->isChecked();
+  p.enableWebPlugins = ui.enableWebPlugins->isChecked();
 
   return p;
 }

preferences.ui

@@ -951,6 +951,18 @@ you are browsing. If some site breaks because of this, try disabling this.</stri
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
+       <item>
+        <widget class="QCheckBox" name="enableWebPlugins">
+         <property name="toolTip">
+          <string>Enabling this would allow to listen to sound pronunciations from
+online dictionaries that rely on Flash or other web plugins.
+Plugin must be installed for this option to work.</string>
+         </property>
+         <property name="text">
+          <string>Enable web plugins</string>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
        <item>
         <spacer name="verticalSpacer_10">
          <property name="orientation">