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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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Is there a replacement for browser plugin(maybe a driver?)?

The reason I don't want to go the browser plugin way is that you need to implement it for various browsers. Like xpi for firefox, browser helper object for IE. My target platform is only windows, and I just want the alternative of browser plugin to…
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How to access mouse position of parent window in child popup window using javascript

I want to develop a browser extension where if user click on extension icon, it will get a pop up with a input text box and on mouse move it will get current position of mouse pointer(X,Y) of screen, something like that: X: 100 Y:50 Here i have…
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How to create plugins/addons for firefox, IE and chrome

I need to create plug-ins/add-ons for IE, firefox and chrome browsers for the following requirement: If the url requested is in a particular format/ matching a particular regex pattern, the plugin has to block the request and pop up and alert box. I…
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Video Player Plugin Development for Internet Explorer and Safari

We are planning to develop a browser plugin for IE and Safari to stream video in a proprietary video Player. We are investigating for the required technologies and various design approaches. Could someone help by answering the following…
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Set values to form in iframe through browser plugin

For my company, I would like to map values from a form that are stored in the db to a form of a third party company (part of our daily job). Our form is on site1.com, the form of the third party company is on site2.com, and displayed in an iframe on…
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How can I use SDL2 for rendering in FireBreath on Mac OS X using Core Animation-Cocoa

I am trying to make the following combination work in a browser plugin on OS X (10.8.5) running Safari (6.2) using Core Animation/Cocoa: FireBreath + SDL2 I have studied the BasicMediaPlayer example provided by FB and understand that I can access a…
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Firebreath Document Viewer Plugin

I've been playing with firebreath from last 3 days, I saw the video and setup a basic plugin on windows and that's working. I tried adding new methods and they are fine too. Now what I've planned to do is, I'm developing a document viewer plugin…
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Document viewer browser plugin

I am developing a cross browser plugin for document viewing (.pdf, .doc, .xls, .mht, .tiff, .dwg). It needs to be a plugin and not the extension. Whatever i try to search takes me to the links for extensions and not for plugins. I found NPAPI as…
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Check if a browser plugin is blocked or unblocked

ive done researching on how to determine whether a browser plugin is blocked / unblocked from the current browser in order to suggest user how to unblock required plugin before operating some website functions My plugin is { "mime":…
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Running application from web browser

I would like to run application, for example Windows Calculator from a website. I consider using browser plugin, Java Web Start, something like agent or any other solution that would work on windows/linux, without much work to do. Plugin way: I saw…
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While porting a windows application to web, is it better to stick to conventional web technologies or adoping RIA is wise?

The web based application I am working on currently is a port from a windows application. This application is very data intensive. There are scores of modules and each of these modules have number of forms (data entry screens) and reports whereas…
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Kinect (One) in the browser, the end of NPAPI

Since I read Google's message that NPAPI will no longer be supported by the end of 2014, I've been looking for an alternative. The issue is that we currently use a custom made Kinect Browserplugin which we use to control the browser with JS and…
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IE plugins support

I have been looking for a cut off date for Internet Explorer plugin support. In Windows 8 the IE (Metro) disables almost all ActiveX controls. Chrome will not be taking anymore submissions for plugins and eventually will no longer support plugins…
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CSRF prevention in browser plugin-only API that is available on HTTPS

I have to design an API that will support browser plugins only (latest version of Chrome, Firefox, IE). The API will be served over HTTPS. The API will be using a cookie-based access control scheme. I am wondering what tactics to employ for CSRF…
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Is there a way to get the npapi plugin path during runtime in mac osx?

I have developed a firebreath Npapi plugin for mac osx.My requirement is simple, i want to access the path of this plugin during runtime. i.e., when one of the browser loads it,I want to save the path of plugin and access it later for copying some…
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