Mac:Plugins

Mac OS X NPAPI Event Models Spec

Mac:NPAPI_Event_Models contains the spec for Mac OS X NPAPI Event Models. This spec adds support for the Cocoa event model, which replaces the aging and 64-bit incompatible Carbon event model. The spec is close to final but more changes may be made.

Mac OS X NPAPI Drawing Models Specs

Mac:NPAPI_Drawing_Models contains the spec for Mac OS X NPAPI Drawing Models. This spec allows plugins to render using CoreGraphics and also solves the problem of 64-bit plugins on Mac OS X. Plugins:CoreAnimationDrawingModel is the spec for the Core Animation drawing model.

Gecko 1.9.4 Plugin Changes

• Drop support for the Carbon NPAPI event model.
• Drop support for the Quickdraw NPAPI drawing model.

Gecko 1.9.3 Plugin Changes

• 435041 - Planning to add support for the Cocoa event model.
• 497225 - Planning to add support for the Core Animation drawing model.
• 468678 - Planning to remove support for gathering plugin meta data from old-school resource files.

Gecko 1.9.2 Plugin Changes

• 467429 - "NP_GetEntryPoints" is now the only way to get function pointers, Gecko will not call "main".
• 467417 - Removed support for CFM binary plugins.
• 386676 - Plugin testing system added to the Mozilla tree.
• NPAPI header and SDK improvements.
• General bug fixes.

Gecko 1.9.1 Plugin Changes

• 350109 - Added support for reading plugin meta data from bundle plist file.
• Improved NPAPI headers and SDK.
• General bug fixes.

Gecko 1.9.0 Plugin Changes

• 344427 - Added support for Mac OS X NPAPI Drawing Models. This allows plugins to draw using CoreGraphics instead of Quickdraw.
• 344425 - Added support for NP_GetEntryPoints as a way to get plugin function pointers instead of calling "main()".
• 336060 - Gecko now uses a slower idleEvent timer for plugins that are not in a foreground tab on the key window.
• General bug fixes.