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I read that Chrome was dropping npapi support - In the article it said that firefox was in December. Is this true? I cannot find a source.

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mrpcpit
mrpcpit

I read that Chrome was dropping npapi support - In the article it said that firefox was in December. Is this true? I cannot find a source.

I read that Chrome was dropping npapi support - In the article it said that firefox was in December. Is this true? I cannot find a source.

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philipp
philipp
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hello, i don't think that this would be the case in firefox - where did you read that?

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Google's announcement is here: Chromium Blog: Saying Goodbye to Our Old Friend NPAPI

I'm not aware of any time line for ending "NPAPI" plugin support in Firefox for desktop systems. However, the "click-to-play" feature, which has been modified in several recent releases, might get some further revisions...

mrpcpit
mrpcpit Question owner

http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/23/say-goodbye-to-npapi/

The article is misleading. As written it looks like it is being blocked, but it is the click to play feature they are talking about.

philipp
philipp
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yes, firefox will put all plugins except the current version of flash on click-to-play on default - however users still have the choice to keep them always activated or on demand...

bsmedberg
bsmedberg

For more information see my post on the Future of Firefox blog: https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2013/09/24/plugin-activation-in-firefox/