Icedtea supports something called "Pepper"?

[Jiri Vanek]

On 06/10/2014 03:57 AM, Adam Domurad wrote:
> helpcrypto helpcrypto <helpcrypto at ...> writes:
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>> Hi all.
>> Last days I have seen a couple of sources claiming (Google) Chrome and
> (Mozilla) Firefox are going to abandon NPAPI and start using Peeper plugins.
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> No. Google Chrome is abandoning NPAPI in favour of Google Native Client --
> something *very* different in philosophy. Flash is currently the sole
> *special exception* that is allowed to use PPAPI (Pepper)!
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> I repeat: Supporting PPAPI will *not* help icedtea-web run on
> Chrome/Chromium unless icedtea-web also has this special exceptional
> treatment! This is possible by patching Chromium I presume -- but,
> unfortunately, not a trivial matter.

Hi Adam!

Where you got this impression.

I made some digging and it seems that PPAPI is,and wil remain in chrome/chromium
I also checked the api  - https://developer.chrome.com/native-client/pepper_stable/ - which is 
proclaimed as stbale. And it looks quite ok.

If FireBreath api is running both under NPAPI and PAPER api, it would be the good way then.

J
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>> Is Icetea "ready" for that possible change?
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> Since we're being clear -- icedtea is a polite way of saying 'Java'; there
> is nothing wrong with Icedtea. *icedtea-web* is not ready for this change --
> but that is simply because no NPAPI plugin is.
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>> Will all my applets fail to work next year? (as they are doing with latest
> Oracle releases)
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> Sadly -- yes, they will fail. As far as I can see, Google Chrome simply does
> not want to plugins to interact with the operating system, even under the
> new 'Google Native Client' plugin architecture. Oracle may be more lucky
> (re: special treatment like Flash).
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> Check out https://developer.chrome.com/native-client/faq ->
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>    "If I want direct access to the OS, should I use Native Client?
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>     No—Native Client does not provide direct access to the OS or devices, or
> otherwise bypass the JavaScript security model. For more information, see
> later sections of this FAQ.
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> I might have taken this up if it was a 'simple' matter of a NPAPI <-> PPAPI
> bridge (such things do exist, at least in part, from some google-work). But
> it's a bit hopeless with Google Native Client. At least -- it needs serious
> thought and work.
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>> Thanks for the info!
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> Happy hacking,
> -Adam
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