VentureBeat

Google Chrome will block all NPAPI plugins by default in January, drop support completely in September

Google today provided an update on its plan to remove Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI) from Chrome, which the company says will improve the browser's security, speed, and ...
Ars Technica

Firefox dropping NPAPI plugins by the end of 2016—except for Flash

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 ...
The Next Web

Google looks to drop Netscape Plugin API support in Chrome, starting with blocking most plugins in January 2014

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 ...
ZDNet

Java browser plugin to be sent to death row in September

Oracle has announced that the days of the Java browser plugin are numbered, with its deprecation set for the upcoming Java Development Kit 9 release and its removal slated for a future release. The ...