RR as a browser plugin?

[Alex Rice]

On Feb 11, 2004, at 5:04 PM, Dar Scott wrote:

>
> What does it take to turn an app into a helper app?  I have never made 
> a browser plugin.

Helper apps are different from browser plugins.

A Helper App is just a browser preference saying "when downloading this 
file type or MIME type, launch it with this app on my system."

A Plugin is a shared-library (or something) that the web browser loads, 
put it in a sandbox, and gives it access to graphics and gui events in 
it's area of the window. Java, Flash, and Quicktime are the browser 
plugins that Safari comes preinstalled with.

Unfortunately each browser has it's a different plugin API so it would 
be lots of work to make one that runs most browsers (IE, Netscape, 
Safari, etc).

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Alex Rice | Mindlube Software | http://mindlube.com