Re: Java plugin phase out timeline

Hi,
the best solution currently is js-ctypes which enables you to build an
extension that calls a custom dll written in C
That's what my team is currently doing to migrate a NPAPI plugin.
Documentation is good but the only drawback currently is the lack of end to
end examples.
Here is a link to official documentation
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/js-ctypes

Hope this helps

On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 2:30 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello, I have some use cases, which currently are "solved" with Java
> Applets:
>
> 1 - Control a Twain scanner. (kodak scanner i2800)
> 2 - Control a fingerprint reader (Nitgen Fingkey Hamster I DX).
> 3 - Control a barcode reader.
>
> All of these involve access dll's (or .so ) via JNI.
>
>
> What technology Firefox provides so I can migrate and continue to
> access/control hardware as i can now via dll's + JNI + Java Applets?
>
>
>
>
> --
> Fábio C. Barrionuevo da Luz
> Palmas - Tocantins - Brasil - América do Sul
>
>
> Em terça-feira, 23 de fevereiro de 2016 15:35:46 UTC-3, Chris Peterson
> escreveu:
> > On 2/23/16 10:03 AM, Java Dev wrote:
> > > Hope all is well. The company I work for uses Java applets for our web
> products and we are currently planning our release schedules to replace
> Java applet tech, as it will affect many users in our product community and
> several products. As such, our dev team would like to better understand the
> "drop dead date" of when the Java plugin will stop working in Firefox.
> > >
> > > We are aware that the announcement was for end of 2016, but wanted to
> confirm if there is a more specific date other than 12/31/2016. Also, we
> would like to know if Firefox will follow a similar path as Chrome to
> provide a way to still manually enable the Java plugin for some time
> (disabled by default), perhaps even past end of 2016.
> >
> >
> > hi Alexandra, our tentative schedule is to remove NPAPI support in
> > Firefox 53 (which will be in the Firefox Nightly channel in November
> > 2016 and released in April 2017). These versions or dates are not
> > official or set in stone. They could conceivably be postponed if we need
> > to continue supporting NPAPI for some reason.
> >
> > The next Firefox ESR (Extended Support Release) version is 52 and will
> > receive security updates for a year. By removing NPAPI in Firefox 53,
> > the release *after* the ESR, users that need NPAPI support can continue
> > to switch to Firefox ESR 52 and keep using NPAPI plugins until May 2018.
> >
> >
> > chris
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