Bug 44271 - WebKit2 should load plugins specified in the MozillaPlugins registry key (like old WebKit does)
Summary: WebKit2 should load plugins specified in the MozillaPlugins registry key (lik...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Plug-ins (show other bugs)
Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P2 Normal
Assignee: Nobody
URL:
Keywords: InRadar, PlatformOnly
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2010-08-19 09:24 PDT by Adam Roben (:aroben)
Modified: 2010-10-14 12:31 PDT (History)
5 users (show)

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Load plugins that are specified in the MozillaPlugins registry key (7.18 KB, patch)
2010-10-14 11:16 PDT, Adam Roben (:aroben)
sfalken: review+
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Description Adam Roben (:aroben) 2010-08-19 09:24:36 PDT
Old WebKit (WebCore, really) knows how to load plugins specified in the MozillaPlugins registry key. WebKit2 should do that, too!
Comment 1 Adam Roben (:aroben) 2010-08-19 09:25:56 PDT
<rdar://problem/8329750>
Comment 3 Adam Roben (:aroben) 2010-10-14 11:16:55 PDT
Created attachment 70754 [details]
Load plugins that are specified in the MozillaPlugins registry key
Comment 4 Steve Falkenburg 2010-10-14 11:35:40 PDT
Comment on attachment 70754 [details]
Load plugins that are specified in the MozillaPlugins registry key

We should confirm that REG_EXPAND_SZ types either don't need to be handled, or are handled properly by this.
Comment 5 Adam Roben (:aroben) 2010-10-14 12:10:56 PDT
(In reply to comment #4)
> (From update of attachment 70754 [details])
> We should confirm that REG_EXPAND_SZ types either don't need to be handled, or are handled properly by this.

Firefox doesn't expand the strings, so presumably we don't need to, either. It probably wouldn't be harmful to do so, however.
Comment 6 Adam Roben (:aroben) 2010-10-14 12:31:28 PDT
Committed r69789: <http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/69789>