actual plugins aren't useful for all situations; in fact, I'd say that it's relatively uncommon to need to write a plugin.
That is one of the main reasons I started FireBreath; relatively few people in the world know how to write a browser plugin for any platform, much less make one work on all major browsers. FireBreath aims to make that easier. That shouldn't preclude the fact that plugins simply aren't suited to many tasks; the need to install it is a big factor in that, particularly since most common install methods only work on one browser. Also, there are existing plugins such as flash and silverlight that already have a large install base and can often be used to solve many of the problems that people use plugins to solve; worth considering.
actual plugins aren't useful for all situations; in fact, I'd say that it's relatively uncommon to need to write a plugin.
That is one of the main reasons I started FireBreath; relatively few people in the world know how to write a browser plugin for any platform, much less make one work on all major browsers. FireBreath aims to make that easier. That shouldn't preclude the fact that plugins simply aren't suited to many tasks; the need to install it is a big factor in that, particularly since most common install methods only work on one browser. Also, there are existing plugins such as flash and silverlight that already have a large install base and can often be used to solve many of the problems that people use plugins to solve; worth considering.