Refactor Fake Plugins to work nicely without NPAPI plugins
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(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, task)
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(Reporter: handyman, Unassigned)
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"Fake" plugins are JS-implemented applications that are part of the browser. Since NPAPI plugins are being removed, the code that handles fake plugins could be made much clearer. For one, it would seem weird to refer to them as fake when there is no "real".
Possible MIME types are found here [1]. Notably, this includes the PDF viewer (MIME type "application/pdf"). In fact, as far as I can tell, the other types listed there don't get a fake plugin handler.
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Comment 1•4 years ago
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This bug may be invalid -- the information I had seems to be dated but I'm still investigating. Fake plugins shouldn't still be needed for pdf.js or anything else. See bug 1529164.
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Comment 2•3 years ago
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So... fake plugins (pdf.js) don't get much from the plugin code and, with the stripped down plugin code, they get even less. The whole thing should just be removed, as the old bug wanted.
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Comment 3•3 years ago
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We've still got fake plugins but no NPAPI plugins so this bug is done but bug 1529133 is still valid.
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Updated•2 years ago
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