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npapi support - plugin Java for Applet

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JLBD
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Hello,

Yesterday, i see that my firefox developer edition 64 bits remove support to Java plugin. This morning, i read this : https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Firefox-GTK3-Nightly-Builds

With a web service, we use an applet to open file on network drive with the program associated. How can we do this with html5 or other "new" technology ?

TIA.

JLBD

Hello, Yesterday, i see that my firefox developer edition 64 bits remove support to Java plugin. This morning, i read this : https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Firefox-GTK3-Nightly-Builds With a web service, we use an applet to open file on network drive with the program associated. How can we do this with html5 or other "new" technology ? TIA. JLBD

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philipp
philipp
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hi, i'm not sure how the gtk3 news would be related to that. you can use the 32bit version of firefox if you need npapi support for all plugins.

JLBD
JLBD Question owner
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I speak french but when i read this : Originally there were concerns over how to handle NPAPI support, mostly for Flash and Java, though considering the recent industry calls for the death of Java and Flash those concerns may not carry as much weight.

I understand that the NPAPI support can now disappear because no need in industry. True or false ?

Thanks for response.

the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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".. considering the recent industry calls for the death of Java and Flash .." Nothing new or just recent, just reiteration of what the "industry" has been saying for years.

"I understand that the NPAPI support can now disappear because no need in industry." False as implied. Flash and Java will probably be long gone before NPAPI architecture for plugins is put out to pasture. There's a lot more than just Flash and Java that is using NPAPI. Those two do make up super majority of 3rd party program installed using NPAPI, and they are the two plugins most frequently targeted for exploit. But there are dozens if not hundreds of little known plugins that use NPAPI - they might be installed on a PC and are being used, but they aren't getting "targeted" for exploit and are basically innocuous.

The current trend is build into the operating system and web browser the API's that are needed to do what many plugins now due - "native support". The move from "desktop" to "mobile" is eliminating the need for "plugins"; along with HTML5 for video & audio reducing reliance on 3rd party applications for rendering.