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Bug 779719 - libgnome-shell-browser-plugin.so doesn't work on Firefox >= 52
libgnome-shell-browser-plugin.so doesn't work on Firefox >= 52
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: extensions
3.22.x
Other Linux
: Normal major
: ---
Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2017-03-07 19:27 UTC by Simón
Modified: 2017-03-07 20:48 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 3.21/3.22

Attachments
Error in "extensions.gnome.org/local" without plugin (54.75 KB, image/png)
2017-03-07 20:08 UTC, Simón 		Details
Screenshot of "About this Add-on" (127.77 KB, image/png)
2017-03-07 20:10 UTC, Simón 		Details

Description Simón 2017-03-07 19:27:12 UTC 
With last Firefox update (52) (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/52.0/releasenotes/):
"Removed support for Netscape Plugin API (NPAPI) plugins other than Flash. Silverlight, Java, Acrobat and the like are no longer supported."

The plugin for Gnome Shell is affected too.
Comment 1 Florian Müllner 2017-03-07 19:54:08 UTC 
Yes, the plugin is being retired in favor of extensions support in gnome-software. In the meanwhile, there's a non-plugin browser-based solution available at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/gnome-shell-integration/.
Comment 2 Simón 2017-03-07 20:07:43 UTC 
The extension doesn't work alone. It needs the plugin.
Comment 3 Simón 2017-03-07 20:08:36 UTC 
Created attachment 347417 [details]
Error in "extensions.gnome.org/local" without plugin
Comment 4 Simón 2017-03-07 20:10:11 UTC 
Created attachment 347418 [details]
Screenshot of "About this Add-on"
Comment 5 Florian Müllner 2017-03-07 20:48:19 UTC 
(In reply to Simón from comment #2)
> The extension doesn't work alone. It needs the plugin.

No, it needs the chrome-gnome-shell connector[0], not the old NPAPI plugin. The plugin in the gnome-shell source tree is on life support until the extension integration in Software is fully up to par, then it will be removed. It is definitively not going to be updated to a completely different browser API.

[0] https://git.gnome.org//browse/chrome-gnome-shell