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Browser plug-ins are a different type of module and no longer supported by the major browsers. [2] [3] One difference is that extensions are distributed as source code, while plug-ins are executables (i.e. object code). [2] The most popular browser, Google Chrome, [4] has over 100,000 extensions available [5] but stopped supporting plug-ins in ...
Chrome Web Store was publicly unveiled in December 2010, [2] and was opened on February 11, 2011, with the release of Google Chrome 9.0. [3] A year later it was redesigned to "catalyze a big increase in traffic, across downloads, users, and total number of apps". [4]
Chrome supported, up to version 45, plug-ins with the Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface , [159] so that plug-ins (for example Adobe Flash Player) run as unrestricted separate processes outside the browser and cannot be sandboxed as tabs are. ActiveX is not supported. [159]
Google Chrome permanently dropped all NPAPI support from all platforms in September 2015. [14] In September 2013, Google announced that it would phase out NPAPI support in its Google Chrome browser during 2014, stating that "[its] 90s-era architecture has become a leading cause of hangs, crashes, security incidents, and code complexity".
Graphics software use plug-ins to support file formats and process images. A Photoshop plug-in may do this. Broadcasting and live-streaming software, like OBS Studio, as an open source software utilises plug-ins for user-specific needs. Media players use plug-ins to support file formats and apply filters.
Web development tools come as browser add-ons or built-in features in modern web browsers. Browsers such as Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Microsoft Edge, and Opera have built-in tools to help web developers, and many additional add-ons can be found in their respective plugin download centers.
uBlock Origin (/ ˈ j uː b l ɒ k / YOO-blok [5]) is a free and open-source browser extension for content filtering, including ad blocking.The extension is available for Firefox and Chromium-based browsers (such as Chrome, Edge, Brave, and Opera).
IE Tab is a browser extension for the Google Chrome [1] web browser. The extension allows users to view pages using the Internet Explorer browser engine MSHTML . This can be used for viewing pages that only render properly, or work at all, in Internet Explorer.