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. Plugins:CoreAnimationDrawingModelR2 is the new proposal 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.