Helpers & Viewers
Plug-Ins & Add-Ons
Java Scripts & Java Applets
- Adobe ...
- Helpers
- Compression (File Compression utilities: WinZip, 7-zip, etc.), Sounds (.au, .aif, .wav), Pictures&Movies (.gif, .jpg, .mov, mpeg)
- AVI=Audio/Video Interleave for Windows
- MS-Video for Windows, QuickTime Video, MPEG II (Motion Picture Expert Group)
- Viewers
- Document Viewers (PDF=Adobe Acrobat, MS-Word)
- Presentation Viewers (ASAP WebShow, MS-PowerPoint Animation Player & Publisher)
- Animation Viewers (
Shockwave)
- 3D Viewers, Virtual Reality Modelling Language (VRML)
- Plug-Ins
- Firefox will stop supporting plugins by end of 2016, following Chrome's lead | PCWorld
- 3D and Animation, Business and Utilities, Presentation, Audio/Video, Image Viewers
- Plug-in modules are software programs that extend the capabilities of the browser. Plug-ins are associated with a MIME data type that the browser does not natively support. When the browser encounters an unknown data type from a server, the browser looks for a plug-in that is associated with that MIME type and loads the plug-in.
- INLINE PLUG-INS
- Plug-ins are software programs that extend the capabilities of the browser Navigator in a specific way - giving you, for example, the ability to play audio samples or view video movies from within Navigator.
- HELPER APPLICATIONS
- Helper applications run or display files that aren't integrated into Web pages and don't display inside the Navigator window.
- When the browser encounters a sound, image, or video file, it hands off the data to other programs, called helper applications, to run or display the file.
- Most of these helper apps are shareware or freeware that can be found at various archive sites around the world.
- You can configure them in the Helper Applications dialog box found under Preferences in the Options menu.
- Java Scripts & Java Applets
- JavaScript is not Java (by Sun). Don't confuse them.
- Both are programming languages. Both look somewhat like C++.
- Both are very powerful, but Java is more comprehensive.
- Both can be used either client-side or server-side.
- MIME
- Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
- A standard which enables Internet users to exchange multimedia messages containing enhanced character sets.
- FILExt - The File Extension Source
- SHOCKWAVE BY
MACROMEDIA Adobe
Shockwave is the industry standard for delivering and experiencing quality interactive multimedia, graphics, and streaming audio on the World Wide Web.- End of Life (EOL) for Adobe Shockwave - Effective April 9, 2019, Adobe Shockwave will be discontinued and the Shockwave player for Windows will no longer be available for download.
- See also: Flash ...
- Flash ...
Inline Images display in the browser window.
External (linked) Images display in the helper application's window.