161897 - [RFE]AIX Plugins availability

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, enhancement, P5)

Description

[Cal Staples]

I am running Mozilla on a RS6000 platform running AIX 5.1.  I LOVE the
consistent look and feel with the Windows Mozilla.  This is a vast improvement
over the Netscape 4.x browser which is pretty close to the only one available
for AIX OS.

I would like to see some AIX plug-ins, even if they required some sort of manual
installation.  AIX 4.3 and 5.1 both support Red Hat RPM packages.  Hopefully
this would make it easier to provide plug-in support. (speller, calendar, etc)

I tried the Linux "calendar" plugin.  It complained but I could see the calendar
form but no dates or functionality.  Of course removing it required me to
re-install Mozilla!

A facility to remove plug-ins would be a great enhancement too.  It would help
us who try things get out of trouble as well as remove something we don't like
or want.

So far I am very pleased with the developement of Mozilla and am glad to see a
very well put together package to compete with IE.

Comment 1

[Kai Lahmann (is there, where MNG is)]

I guess the Calendar misses the libical, which you might need to compile manually.

For the spellchecker you are not the only one..

Comment 2

[Sam J. Fleet]

Technicially, you should be using only the RPM packages provided by AIX due to
the AIX architecture difference.  Not the Red Hat RPM Packages.  

Thought you would like to know.  Read the article from IBM, it said IBM welcome
the  improvement on Linux(s) and if it is good enough, IBM may dump AIX and
would use the 3rd party Linux.  Not to worry, it won't happen for like another 5
to 10 years or something.

Comment 3

[rubydoo123]

reassign

Comment 4

[Peter Lubczynski]

-->INVALID

AIX plugins from 4.x should work in Mozilla. Search google and open specific bugs.