Mac:Plugins

Changes Made After Gecko 2.0.0

• Dropped support for the Carbon NPAPI event model.
• Dropped support for the Quickdraw NPAPI drawing model.
• Removed support for gathering plugin meta data from old-school resource files.

Gecko 2.0.0 Plugin Changes

• 435041 - Added support for the Cocoa event model.
• 497225 - Added support for the Core Animation drawing model.
• Added support for out-of-process plugins. Requires that plugins use the Cocoa event model along with either Core Graphics or Core Animation drawing.

Gecko 1.9.2 Plugin Changes

• 467429 - "NP_GetEntryPoints" is now the only way to get function pointers, Gecko will not call "main".
• 467417 - Removed support for CFM binary plugins.
• 386676 - Plugin testing system added to the Mozilla tree.
• NPAPI header and SDK improvements.
• General bug fixes.

Gecko 1.9.1 Plugin Changes

• 350109 - Added support for reading plugin meta data from bundle plist file.
• Improved NPAPI headers and SDK.
• General bug fixes.

Gecko 1.9.0 Plugin Changes

• 344427 - Added support for Mac OS X NPAPI Drawing Models. This allows plugins to draw using CoreGraphics instead of Quickdraw.
• 344425 - Added support for NP_GetEntryPoints as a way to get plugin function pointers instead of calling "main()".
• 336060 - Gecko now uses a slower idleEvent timer for plugins that are not in a foreground tab on the key window.
• General bug fixes.