Browser Plugin for Safari and IE

Question

Hello,

Can we use webkit framework developing browser plugin for both IE (On Windows) and Safari (on Mac)? I am asking on the basis of http://docs.huihoo.com/webkit/WebKit_PluginProgTopic.pdf

Could any one who has experimented with webkit reply ?

Thanks and Regards Vijayanand

Answer 1

No, WebKit & NPAPI plugins can't be directly used for IE.

You could however write a wrapper plugin for IE that hosts an NPAPI plugin in IE. Alternatively the FireBreath project already solves your problem: it allows you to write cross-platform/cross-browser plugins from one code base.