browser-plugin – Tarik Billa

How to write a browser plugin?

September 1, 2023 by Tarik

As others point out, plugins for those browser are written using the NPAPI. Note: Both Firefox and Chrome will default most plugins to click-to-play soon, with Chrome planning to phase out NPAPI entirely. NPAPI for new projects is discouraged at this point. Resources for getting started with NPAPI: MDC plugin section three part NPAPI tutorial … Read more

firefox add-on vs. extensions vs. plugins

May 23, 2023 by Tarik

Add-on: essentially anything that can be installed into the browser. This includes for example extensions, themes, plugins, dictionaries, language packs, search engines. Extension: a package extending browser functionality, the extension format used by Firefox works in Gecko-based browsers only. Extensions typically use XUL and CSS for their user interface as well as JavaScript for dynamic … Read more