Binary browser plugins using the 1990s-era NPAPI (“Netscape Plugin API”, the very name betraying its age) will soon be almost completely squeezed off the Web. Microsoft dropped NPAPI support in ...

计划于3月7日发布的Firefox 52将停止支持所有 NPAPI插件，但最流行的插件Flash除外。NPAPI 代表 Netscape Plugins API，最早是Firefox的前辈Netscape开发的，后来成为其它浏览器共同支持的插件标准。随着Web的演化，互联网标准组织逐渐开发出了独立的Web API在无需安装插件的 ...

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在此之前，Google Chrome已经停止支持Java、Silverlight这样的浏览器插件，并暂停了对Adobe Flash的支持。 今天，Mozilla官方宣布，Firefox浏览器将在2016年底彻底放弃对NPAPI类插件的支持，但唯一的例外是Flash。 这当然也是无奈之举，因为虽然很多开发者、用户都不喜欢占 ...

Mozilla in four weeks will bar plug-ins built using a decades-old technology from Firefox, ending a years-long process designed to make the browser more secure. The single exception to the ban: ...

Starting with March 7, when Mozilla is scheduled to release Firefox 52, all plugins built on the old NPAPI technology will stop working in Firefox, except for Flash, which Mozilla plans to support for ...

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Google Chrome recently dumped support for plugins such as Java and Silverlight, and now it’s Firefox’s turn. Late Thursday, Mozilla announced on its blog that Firefox would stop supporting plugins ...

Mozilla today launched Firefox 52 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. The new version includes support for WebAssembly, a warning for non-secure HTTP pages with logins, and the removal of NPAPI ...

Mozilla is set to drop support for all NPAPI plugins – except Flash – from 7 March. The move coincides with the scheduled release of Firefox 52. NPAPI (Netscape Plugins API) is an “ancient plugins ...

Mozilla will stop supporting most browser plugins in Firefox by the end of 2016 . But for Linux users, that won’t make a major difference for one of the biggest ...

Plug-ins based on the NPAPI architecture will be blocked by default in Chrome starting early next year as Google moves toward completely removing support for them in the browser. “NPAPI’s 90s-era ...