PPAPI也就是Pepper Plugin API，是在原有网景NPAPI(Netscape Plugin API)基础上发展而来的。 NPAPI是当今最流行的插件架构，几乎所有浏览器都支持，不过存在很大的安全隐患，插件可以窃取系统底层权限，发起恶意攻击。 2010年，Google开发了新的PPAPI，将外挂插件全部放到沙 ...

Google today announced it is dropping Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI) in Chrome. The company will be phasing out support over the coming year, starting with blocking ...

After a reversal of course, reports of the death of the NPAPI implementation of Flash Player for Linux are not only greatly exaggerated -- Adobe also wants to give it a bunch of new code. For the past ...

From the earliest days of the web, browsers were able to make up for limitations in their capabilities by allowing for plugins. These plugins could provide features the browser was never designed for, ...

Google today announced it plans to retire the Google Earth API on December 12, 2015. The reason is simple: Both Chrome and Firefox are removing support for Netscape Plugin Application Programming ...

Chrome 42, released to the stable channel today, will take a big step toward pushing old browser plugins, including Java and Silverlight, off the Web. Those plugins use a 1990s-era API called NPAPI ...