StandardFileStream - Browser Plugin Compatibility

Squeak used to be able to run in the browser, yea. It’s the property of a plugin called npsqueak, which stands for Netscape Plugin Squeak, and can be found in the standard set of plugin folders that come prepared to compile a new VM. Bert built it in 1999 and I think it was used by Etoys to some extent. I haven’t seen it running for well over a decade. As Bert also built SqueakJS it seems reasonable to think this is no longer a project he either uses or supports. The readme in the npsqueak plugin folder says more.

Chris

Hi Patrick,

Tim has recently removed a large chunk of the browser plugin support
(HTTPClient), so I'm fairly sure FileStreams can be cleaned up as well.

Levente

On Mon, 18 Mar 2019, [hidden email] wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Fabio recently found some primitive which got us curious: StandardFileStream>>#primBrowserReady. After some investigation it turns out that there are a number of primitives, methods, and classes (e.g. PluginHTTPDownloadRequest) related to running Squeak as a Browser Plugin. Is this currently supported? If not I would suggest dropping support by removing the correpsonding code.
>
> Bests,
> Patrick