Chrome starts pushing Java off the Web by disabling plugins

Posted by bob on Apr 16, 2015 11:37 PM EDT
Ars Technica; By Peter Bright
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Chrome 42, released to the stable channel today, will take a big step toward pushing old browser plugins, including Java and Silverlight, off the Web. Those plugins use a 1990s-era API called NPAPI ("Netscape Plugin API") to extend the browser, and with Chrome 42, that API is now off by default.

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