
Firefox, on the other hand, has continued to support this technology by allowing users to load NPAPI content from the browser so far.Īlthough Mozilla already said in 2015 that its browser would no longer be compatible with NPAPI plugins, it has not been so far when it really has taken the step to do so.Īs confirmed by one of the engineers of Mozilla, with the arrival of the new Firefox 52, scheduled for next March 7, 2017, the browser will no longer be compatible with this type of add-ons. Google Chrome, for example, has already blocked all NPAPI plugins since mid-2015, dramatically improving browser security and performance.
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Since those responsible for the web pages do not decide to update them to the new standards to eliminate these complements, it has finally been the developers themselves who have had to take the step. Much content, such as Java or Silverlight depends on this technology and although there are many more professional alternatives like the current standard HTML5, many pages have not yet been updated and continue to depend on these plugins.


Firefox 52 block all NPAPI plugins, Netscape Plugins API, is a kind of old, archaic and poorly programmed web plug-ins required for many web pages to function properly.
