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Mozilla today launched Firefox 52 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. The new version includes support for WebAssembly, a warning for non-secure HTTP pages with logins, and the removal of NPAPI ...

计划于3月7日发布的Firefox 52将停止支持所有 NPAPI插件，但最流行的插件Flash除外。NPAPI 代表 Netscape Plugins API，最早是Firefox的前辈Netscape开发的，后来成为其它浏览器共同支持的插件标准。随着Web的演化，互联网标准组织逐渐开发出了独立的Web API在无需安装插件的 ...

Starting with March 7, when Mozilla is scheduled to release Firefox 52, all plugins built on the old NPAPI technology will stop working in Firefox, except for Flash, which Mozilla plans to support for ...

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Mozilla is set to drop support for all NPAPI plugins – except Flash – from 7 March. The move coincides with the scheduled release of Firefox 52. NPAPI (Netscape Plugins API) is an “ancient plugins ...

Adobe just pulled a major about-face. After axing the NPAPI Flash plugin used by Firefox and other browsers on Linux in 2012, Adobe has decided to begin updating it again and to keep it updated after ...

Binary browser plugins using the 1990s-era NPAPI (“Netscape Plugin API”, the very name betraying its age) will soon be almost completely squeezed off the Web. Microsoft dropped NPAPI support in ...

On Friday Oct. 9, Mozilla confirmed that by the end of 2016 the Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI) will no longer feature plugin support in its browser. The concentrated efforts ...

Mozilla in four weeks will bar plug-ins built using a decades-old technology from Firefox, ending a years-long process designed to make the browser more secure. The single exception to the ban: ...

Google Chrome recently dumped support for plugins such as Java and Silverlight, and now it’s Firefox’s turn. Late Thursday, Mozilla announced on its blog that Firefox would stop supporting plugins ...

Firefox 52 is out today, and it's a landmark release for a couple of reasons. The release is the final major version to support two legacy operating systems: Windows XP and Windows Vista. Future major ...