From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:22:04 +0100 From: Enrico Weigelt To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Interface for browser plugins Message-ID: <20071128172204.GA20350@nibiru.local> References: <20071126144000.GA31476@nibiru.local> <65b32485f64005c00ab3a10251015ae9@9netics.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <65b32485f64005c00ab3a10251015ae9@9netics.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Topicbox-Message-UUID: 0dd93742-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 * 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/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------