On Apr 29, 2010, at 08:43 , gilles Bernabé wrote: > > Oh interesting, but Java is much more heavy, if I remember correctly the > Java plugin(JRE + JDK) is more than 40mb, the XPCOM plugin just takes some kb > once installed.
The ups and downs of Java have been interesting, but these days, with 1.6 supporting javax.smartcardio it has become quite sexy - no need for locally installed software or scary JNI bridges (like PKCS#11) so it is possible to implement card access software entirely inside and applet so that nothing needs to be installed on the client side. And of course - applets work almost in every browser whereas XPCOM does not. BTW, NPAPI is a much better framework for a browser plugin that would work on more browsers. Or check out Firebreath [1] [1] http://code.google.com/p/firebreath/ -- Martin Paljak http://martin.paljak.pri.ee +3725156495 _______________________________________________ opensc-devel mailing list opensc-devel@lists.opensc-project.org http://www.opensc-project.org/mailman/listinfo/opensc-devel
