From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 7 13:15:08 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF5281065672 for ; Mon, 7 Sep 2009 13:15:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (rachie.is-a-geek.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98C1F8FC20 for ; Mon, 7 Sep 2009 13:15:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smoochies.rachie.is-a-geek.net (mailhub.lan.rachie.is-a-geek.net [192.168.2.11]) by mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46D7E7E854; Mon, 7 Sep 2009 05:15:19 -0800 (AKDT) From: Mel Flynn To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 15:15:02 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.4 (FreeBSD/8.0-BETA3; KDE/4.2.4; i386; ; ) References: <20090907184454.fa9c4d99.tmende@optusnet.com.au> <20090907104518.GA38234@free.bsd.loc> <20090907071429.59cab032@scorpio.seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <20090907071429.59cab032@scorpio.seibercom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200909071515.03658.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> Cc: Subject: Re: Opera 10.00 (native) & flash X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:15:09 -0000 On Monday 07 September 2009 13:14:29 Jerry wrote: > Opera has a closed architecture that does not allow > third party browser extensions. For one, there are widgets. For two, it still supports the nsplugin interface. For three, some people argue that allowing extensions access to local disk, network threads and pretty much everything in the browser, including the ability to fight wars with competing products[1], is less preferable. [1] -- Mel