Chrome and Safari don't support the pluginspage attribute.  The best way to
get this small feature request on our radar is to file a bug.

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Non-Stick <kevin.ra...@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>
> > Can you create a test page that works differently in Firefox and
> > Chrome?  If so, that's a strong argument that we should change our
> > behavior to match Firefox.
>
> Yes, I have been using such pages for the past 2 weeks in an endeavour
> to get my NPAPI Plugin to download over the internet under Chrome ...
>
> If I use Chrome to load the same page that I use for "Firefox" (which
> references a .XPI file which is the Firefox recommended packaging), it
> fails to install the plugin saying " "No plugin available to display
> this content".  The page contains an EMBED tag similar to the
> following:
>
> <embed id="MY_PLUGIN" type="application/my-plugin"
>       width=640 height=480
>        pluginspage="http://mysite.com/test/npapi/firefox/
> npmyplugin.xpi">
>
> If I use a more Chrome-tailored EMBED tag (that references a .CRX
> file), it similarly fails to install the plugin saying "No plugin
> available to display this content".  The page contains an EMBED tag
> similar to the following:
>
> <embed id="MY_PLUGIN" type="application/my-plugin"
>       width=640 height=480
>       pluginspage="http://mysite.com/test/npapi/chrome/
> npmyplugin.crx">
>
> > If you can create one that works
> > differently in Safari and Chrome, that's an even stronger argument
> > because we aim to be as compatible as possible with Safari.
>
> I haven't got round to supporting Safari yet, so cannot offer a view
> on that area at the moment.
>
> >
>

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