Plug-ins based on the NPAPI architecture will be blocked by default in Chrome starting early next year as Google moves toward completely removing support for them in the browser.

Late Thursday, Mozilla announced on its blog that Firefox would stop supporting plugins based on the Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI) architecture by the end of 2016.

The SDK plugin add on currently supports the latest version of Chrome on Windows®. With this new HTML5 component, developers can use it alongside Dynamsoft's original ActiveX and NPAPI plugins, and ...

Google has turned off support for NPAPI in Chrome, disabling plugins such as Java.

But it's been tough getting Chrome users to completely stop using those plug-ins. In September 2013, Google announced its plan to cut off support for NPAPI plug-ins.

Starting in January 2015, Google's Chrome browser will block all old-school Netscape Plug-In API (NPAPI) plugins. This doesn't come as a huge surprise, ...

As outlined in the NPAPI Deprecation Guide, Chrome 42, which was due this month and was recently released to the stable channel, has disabled support for the Netscape Plug-in API. The reason is ...

The clock is ticking for plug-ins in Chrome based on the NPAPI standard; here's what you need you know about how it will affect enterprise use ...

Java, used by 8.9% of Chrome users, will not be whitelisted by default because it is already blocked for security reasons. Other NPAPI-based plugins can be enabled on a case-by-case basis by the user.

Google today announced it is dropping Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI) in Chrome. The company will be phasing out support over the coming year, starting with blocking ...

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.