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Added topic about plugins in Gecko
=Short description=
Plugin is a program that interacts and extends functionality of your browser.
=Long Description=
Uses for plugin:
* Plugins rely on main application to achive set of actions.
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==Plugins in Gecko==
* Plugins increases functionality of Gecko-based browsers. Examples of this includes embedded viewers for Flash/Shockwave and Adobe Acrobat PDFs.
* Plugins are dynamically loaded.
* There are limitationts to plugins (as compared to extensions): they are platform specific so they have to be ported to every OS and processor that you wish to use the plugin on.
* In order to develop plugins for the Gecko engine, you'll need the plugin SDK, which is located in the Mozilla source under mozilla/modules/plugin/tools/sdk. Samples and source code can be viewed via LXR: http://lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/modules/plugin/tools/sdk/
=Resources=
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Gecko_Plugin_API_Reference
http://www.herts.ac.uk/ltdu/technology/what_is_a_plugin.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plugin
