Closed Bug 146517 Opened 22 years ago Closed 10 years ago

Mac: Need back-end work to enable Plugin Finder Service Preference

Categories

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect, P3)

Product:
Core Graveyard
Component:
Plug-ins
Platform:
PowerPC
All
Type:
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX
Milestone:
mozilla1.4alpha

People

(Reporter: rubydoo123, Assigned: peterl-bugs)

Details

(Whiteboard: [PL2:P3]) 

See bug 133864 (the windows part of this issue)
This work is tied to the UI work for the Plugin Finder Service (PFS) Preference.
Priority: -- → P2
Target Milestone: --- → mozilla1.1alpha
OS: Windows 98 → All
Hardware: PC → Macintosh
adding on radar
Keywords: nsbeta1
Whiteboard: [PL RTM]
removing plug-in RTM keyword, post work
Whiteboard: [PL RTM]
this should have been marked as nsbeta1- already
Keywords: nsbeta1 → nsbeta1-
this depends on bug 83754
Depends on: 83754
Priority: P2 → P3
Whiteboard: [PL2:P3]
Target Milestone: mozilla1.1alpha → mozilla1.2beta
Target Milestone: mozilla1.2beta → mozilla1.3alpha
removing dependancy.....bug 83754 is a lot more work than just fixing this bug
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
No longer depends on: 83754
Keywords: nsbeta1- → nsbeta1
nsbeta1- and moving to 1.4 alpha
Keywords: nsbeta1 → nsbeta1-
Target Milestone: mozilla1.3alpha → mozilla1.4alpha
QA Contact: shrir → plugins
Bug 836415 has now removed the Plugin Finder Service (PFS) from Firefox. As a result, I'm closing all the remaining PFS bugs.

If you're getting this bugmail for an ancient PFS bug, the basic summary of the world today is:

* NPAPI plugins are a dying technology
* PFS was already restricted to assisting with only the 4 most common plugins
* Sites commonly provide their own UI for install a required plugin
* Mozilla is generally focusing on  improving the web platform so that proprietary plugins are not required.

(Note that "plugins" are a completely separate from "browser extensions", such at those found on addons.mozilla.org. The latter are not going anywhere, and are not impacted by the removal of PFS.)
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 10 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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