Re: FLASH: Flash and iCab

[John Dowdell]

At 10:55 AM 1/25/0, Stacy Westbrook wrote:

> Does anyone know if Macromedia has plans to release Flash

> and Shockwave players for iCab?


Usually alternative browsers choose to follow one of the established

extension mechanisms. That's why Opera has some support for Netscape

plugins, why NeoPlanet can use ActiveX Controls, etc.


Going to the iCab site, hitting their FAQ and searching on "plugin" reveals

a comment about QuickTime 4 and "We'll have to implement plugins in one of

the next previews of iCab", so it sounds like that browser doesn't offer

plugin support yet.


(NB: Opera supports some-but-not-all Netscape plugins... last I checked

they tested fine with Flash content, but didn't have the depth required for

Shockwave content.)


Another way of looking at it: The Flash Players can be implemented in

various platform-specific source methods (Mac, Win, Linux, Palm, etc), and

then there are various access wrappers that can be put around these engines

(plugin-style, control-style, etc).


Summary: Sorry, iCab's FAQ says it doesn't support Netscape plugins yet.


jd







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