Develop a Google Chrome plugin (no extensions!)

Question

I want to develop an RIA, and I need to process some computer hardware that is not yet supported. Therefore, I think I should first use the Java applet, but I change my choice, and I prefer to develop plugins for web browsers. I started looking for the Chrome API for developing plugins like Flash Player (before chrome integration), and all I found was developing “Extensions” with HTML and Javascript ... I really didn't want that! Therefore, if you know where I can get the Chrome API, I would really appreciate it! Thanks in advance and sorry for my poor English (ask me if you really don't understand my answer)

Answer 1

You are right in believing that the best way to handle unsupported hardware in a browser is through a plugin; but you may find that a desktop application is better for this purpose.

Flash Player and other plugins use the Netscape Plugin API (NPAPI) in Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc. and ActiveX in Internet Explorer. The best place to get started with NPAPI is the Plugins on the Mozilla Developer Network page . Google also has documentation for Chrome-specific plugins .

If you are interested in developing plugins specifically for Chrome, it’s worth noting that Google has developed a new API called “Pepper Plugin API”, and Adobe has announced that Flash will switch to this API at some point.