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 ...

Firefox 52 began its roll out yesterday, bringing a bunch of small iterative improvements to the fore. Among the most significant change in the release is the decision to disable support for all NPAPI ...

Binary browser plugins using the 1990s-era NPAPI ("Netscape Plugin API", the very name betraying its age) will soon be almost completely squeezed off the Web. Microsoft dropped NPAPI support in ...

With the release of Chrome 42 this week, Google fixed more than 40 vulnerabilities. But the most significant security change in the new browser is Google’s decision to disable the NPAPI, essentially ...

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 ...

Google has outlined further details of its plans to completely remove plugins that make Netscape Plugin API (NPAPI) from the Chrome ecosystem by September 2015. As it currently stands, all NPAPI ...

A week after releasing the stable version of Chrome 31, Google has announced more features coming to Chrome 32 beta for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. In addition to indicators for tabs, the new ...

There is an exception to the rule, though: Flash. In recent months, browser makers have slowly been showing plugins the door. Chrome is pausing non-essential Flash content, for example, and Microsoft ...