Re: [webkit-dev] How to display new MIME types?
Re: [webkit-dev] How to display new MIME types?
- Subject: Re: [webkit-dev] How to display new MIME types?
- From: Saagar Jha <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 16:38:15 -0700
I remember asking one of the WebKit engineers a similar question. Her response
was that NPAPI was basically deprecated, and she suggested writing a plugin in
that intercepted links and displayed its own UI when necessary.
Saagar Jha
> On Jul 20, 2017, at 15:50, Daryle Walker <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> [I originally had this on the WebKit development list first.]
>
>> On Jul 18, 2017, at 3:31 PM, Daryle Walker <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> [I’m not sure this is the right forum.]
>>
>> If I want Safari for Mac to display a new MIME type, how do I do it? I know
>> there used to be an Apple-custom API for this, but it was deprecated for
>> classic Netscape plug-ins long ago. However, those NPAPI plug-ins have been
>> deprecated themselves across platforms for many years. There are the newest
>> Safari extensions, which are versions of Apple’s app-extensions API, but
>> those only do JavaScript modifications and such, and don’t cover new types
>> (I think). Am I completely out of luck now? Can I still try NPAPI?
>
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> Daryle Walker
> Mac, Internet, and Video Game Junkie
> darylew AT mac DOT com
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