Plug-ins are different from helper apps. Plug-ins are dynamically
loadable libraries that contain the code to do content specific work
for netscape, inside of netscape. Helper applications are programs
(also to do content handling) but they are separate programs run by
netscape, not integrated into netscape. Both require the content to
be fully downloaded.
Example: RealAudio the helper app. It handles .ram (RealAudio
metafile) files, which does not contain the audio, but only points to
the real audio file on the net. It then starts downloading and
playing it. I'm not sure if there is a plug-in version of realaudio.
--brett
On Thu, 20 February 1997, at 16:15:33, fresh@linkonline.net wrote:
quoted 10 lines Change the prefernces in netscape so your browser doesn't know what
> Change the prefernces in netscape so your browser doesn't know what
> plug-in to launch when it comes across a realaudio file. You'll be able
> to downlaod it then I should think.
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