* [9fans] Interface for browser plugins @ 2007-11-23 0:58 Enrico Weigelt 2007-11-23 1:20 ` Iruata Souza 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Enrico Weigelt @ 2007-11-23 0:58 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs Hi folks, I'm currently thinking about an 9P-based interface for browser plugins (eg. in mozilla). Does anyone else work on that topic ? cu -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: http://patches.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Interface for browser plugins 2007-11-23 0:58 [9fans] Interface for browser plugins Enrico Weigelt @ 2007-11-23 1:20 ` Iruata Souza 2007-11-26 14:40 ` Enrico Weigelt 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Iruata Souza @ 2007-11-23 1:20 UTC (permalink / raw) To: weigelt, Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs On Nov 22, 2007 10:58 PM, Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@metux.de> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I'm currently thinking about an 9P-based interface for browser > plugins (eg. in mozilla). > > Does anyone else work on that topic ? > > cu http://gsoc.cat-v.org/projects/web9/blog/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Interface for browser plugins 2007-11-23 1:20 ` Iruata Souza @ 2007-11-26 14:40 ` Enrico Weigelt 2007-11-26 20:13 ` Skip Tavakkolian 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Enrico Weigelt @ 2007-11-26 14:40 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs * Iruata Souza <iru.muzgo@gmail.com> wrote: Hi, > http://gsoc.cat-v.org/projects/web9/blog/ yeah, already knew it, but it doesn't actually help me here :( I need an filesystem specification for an interface between browsers and plugins. BTW: I neither intend to use javascript not nsChannel stuff. cu -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: http://patches.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Interface for browser plugins 2007-11-26 14:40 ` Enrico Weigelt @ 2007-11-26 20:13 ` Skip Tavakkolian 2007-11-28 17:22 ` Enrico Weigelt 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Skip Tavakkolian @ 2007-11-26 20:13 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans > BTW: I neither intend to use javascript not nsChannel stuff. i've not seen an fs interface for FF/IE/or Webkit. NPAPI is the only option i know of, but that's only useful for a self-contained environment (like Inferno). ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Interface for browser plugins 2007-11-26 20:13 ` Skip Tavakkolian @ 2007-11-28 17:22 ` Enrico Weigelt 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Enrico Weigelt @ 2007-11-28 17:22 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs * Skip Tavakkolian <9nut@9netics.com> wrote: > > BTW: I neither intend to use javascript not nsChannel stuff. > > i've not seen an fs interface for FF/IE/or Webkit. NPAPI is the > only option i know of, but that's only useful for a self-contained > environment (like Inferno). NPAPI is exactly what I want to get rid of ;-P The major problem of these plugins is that they run within the browser process, and that's extremly bad for stability. cu -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: http://patches.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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