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Browser-plugins allow to display content in browsers that they don't support natively. The two major APIs are NPAPI (supported by all browsers except Internet Explorer) and ActiveX (for so called content extensions for Internet Explorer).

Browser-plugins allow to display content in browsers that they don't support natively. They are usually written in C++ or C. The three major APIs for browser-plugins are:

  • W3C Web-extension is a cross-browser system for developing browser add-ons, supported by Chrome, Opera, Firefox and Edge
  • NPAPI, supported by all browsers except Internet Explorer
  • ActiveX, for so called content extensions for Internet Explorer

Specific browsers may support additional APIs, like WebKit Plugins on OSX.

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Need access to SQL server

I am developing an app that calls for Windows, Mac, Linux (All will be browser plugins for IE, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Safari), iOS, and Android devices (native apps) to access a remote server/cloud/database to upload and download data. They…
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Hi! Want to add a browser plugin in python (Should work on all browsers -- expected)

The plugin will map unicode to letters of a language! That is my requirement, for that I want to start with some basic plugin (Example "Hello World!" program) that is running in the browser! Please help me with some references/code or any…
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