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. “NPAPI’s 90s-era ...

The add-on facilitates connections to TWAIN-based scanners in Chrome versions requiring HTML5-based plugins. With 10 years of experience in TWAIN and imaging SDKs ...

Google has announced it's killing off the Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI) in Chrome, blocking the plugins from January 2014. Google said today it used anonymous Chrome usage ...

The so-called older plugins in Google's Chrome browser will get a delay in execution, from end-2014 to sometime in September 2015. Software engineer Justin Schuh said they plan to phase out the old ...

Reliant on plug-ins like Silverlight, Unity, and Java? Make plans to move on or change browsers, because most plug-ins will be banned from Chrome in the next year. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. In recent months, browser makers have slowly been showing ...

Mozilla yesterday announced that it will follow in Google’s footsteps and bar virtually all plug-ins built using a decades-old technology by the end of next year. “Mozilla intends to remove support ...

This new SDK edition enables connections to TWAIN-based scanners in Chrome and Firefox browser versions which do not support NPAPI. Dynamic Web TWAIN version 10 also introduces another new feature. It ...

In recent months, browser makers have slowly been showing plugins the door. Chrome is pausing non-essential Flash content, for example, and Microsoft Edge is giving plugins the cold shoulder entirely.