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0 pointsmccr813y ago0 comments

"Mozilla doesn't like Pepper" is a bit of an unfair characterization. A better description would be "only Google likes Pepper", because as far as I am aware Microsoft, Apple and Opera have not expressed any interest in implementing Pepper either. You just see more about Mozilla's thoughts on Pepper because it is a more open organization.

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majke13y ago· 6 in thread

True, and that's why I mentioned only Mozilla - I have no clue what others are saying. Any references to position of Opera, Microsoft and Apple?

othermaciej13y ago

Apple very rarely takes positions on technologies that we don't currently support. Here is a past comment conveying a personal opinion from a WebKit engineer though: https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/plugin-futures/2010-April...

pcwalton13y ago

Here's a comment from Maciej (Apple): http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2057611

vetinari13y ago

Microsoft never used NSAPI (API that Mozilla, Apple and Opera use) either. They always used ActiveX. After all, the 'N' in 'NSAPI' means 'Netscape'.

ephemient13y ago

Not true. Internet Explorer used to work with both NSAPI and ActiveX plugins, until they pulled support for the former.

"""Netscape-style plug-ins are supported in Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and earlier, but are not supported in Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Internet Explorer 6.""" -- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306790

planckscnst13y ago

Up until IE6, they did; after that, there was an ActiveX control that could load NPAPI plugins.

cmccabe13y ago

Apple wants people to write iOS applications. Microsoft wants people to write Windows 8 applications.

It's possible that Mozilla will come around, if Chrome gives them a big enough kick in the pants. Then again, it's equally possible that PNaCL / PPAPI will remain simply an app distribution mechanism for ChromeOS.

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