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At the end of 2004, all major browser companies using NPAPI agreed on NPRuntime [7] as an extension to the original NPAPI to supply scripting, via an API that is similar in style to the old C-style NPAPI and is independent of other browser technologies like Java or XPCOM. It is only supported by Firefox ESR (Extended Support Release) and Safari.
On September 23, 2013, Google announced that it would be deprecating and then removing NPAPI support. NPAPI support was removed from Linux in Chrome release 35. [168] NPAPI plugins like Java can no longer work in Chrome (but there are workarounds for Flash by using PPAPI Flash Player on Linux including for Chromium). [169]
Historically, WPF supported compiling to XBAP, a file format intended to be shown in web browsers via a NPAPI plugin, but NPAPI and XBAP support was phased out of support by browsers, and XBAP compilation is now no longer included for WPF for .NET. [31] [32]
This is the last version to support Windows XP/Server 2003 and Windows Vista/Server 2008. This is the last version to support ALSA on Linux. This is the last version to support NPAPI plugins other than Flash. [34] 60.3 and later 2.53.1 beta 1 January 18, 2020 Updates backported from multiple Extended Support Release (ESR) branches. [35] 2.53.1
On 12 August 2009, a page on Google Code introduced a new project, Pepper, and the associated Pepper Plugin API (PPAPI), [32] "a set of modifications to NPAPI to make plugins more portable and more secure". [33] This extension is designed specifically to ease implementing out-of-process plugin execution. Further, the goals of the project are to ...
Pipelight is a compatibility layer that allows NPAPI plugins designed for Windows to run on Linux. It is based on a modified version of Wine. It currently supports Silverlight, Flash Player, Unity 3D, and Widevine. There is experimental support for additional plugins such as Shockwave Player.
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The browser has its own set of extensions [10] and supports legacy Firefox add-ons built with XUL and XPCOM, [11] [12] which Firefox dropped support for. [13] NPAPI plugins are also supported. The browser's entire user interface can be customized by complete themes and lightweight themes are also available. [14]