> i don't think there's anything about the current API that keeps one from
separating the browser from the plug-in. it's just a lot of work that nobody
with the requisite skills seems willing to take on.
Actually, through the current plugin API (unlike the Netscape 4 plugin API), you can get the Service Manager object, and from that, you can request a whole lot of possible XPCOM services. To replicate this environment in a separate process, we'll need bug 242520 fixed.
> i don't think there's anything about the current API that keeps one from
separating the browser from the plug-in. it's just a lot of work that nobody
with the requisite skills seems willing to take on.
Actually, through the current plugin API (unlike the Netscape 4 plugin API), you can get the Service Manager object, and from that, you can request a whole lot of possible XPCOM services. To replicate this environment in a separate process, we'll need bug 242520 fixed.