[Desktop_architects] 64 bit desktop

[Kay Ramme - Sun Germany - Hamburg]

OpenOffice.org can use in- and out-of-process plugins (components), as 
the underlying component model (UNO) does support transparent access to 
distributed components. So the 64bit OOo is not yet in widespread use, 
as the port is still work in progress ;-)

Kay



Mike Shaver wrote:

> On 28-Nov-05, at 6:23 PM, Brooks, Phil wrote:
>
>>   The simplest example
>> of this issue is with Firefox (distributed as a 64 bit executable  on 
>> the
>> 64 bit desktop) that can not use 32 bit plugins like MacroMedia Flash
>> player.
>
>
> Indeed, and this also bit us pre-emptively with OS X's nascent  
> support for Intel CPUs.
>
> Doing out-of-process plugins, like Konqueror has done for _ages_,  
> would take that problem away, but would involve a lot of  
> infrastructure work now that there are a fair number of plugins that  
> implement and invoke XPCOM interfaces beyond the limited contact  
> surface provided by the classic NPAPI.  I think it would also force  
> us to diverge our plugin model -- especially in key event and render- 
> schedule areas -- between Linux and Windows, which divergence we try  
> to avoid wherever possible, because getting enough test coverage on  
> Linux is hard enough as it is.
>
> But man, yeah, every now and then I put my head down on my keyboard  
> and beg someone to do out-of-process plugins for us.  We might get  
> another kick at that can when we move to cairo for our graphics,  
> because we'll have to trick the plugins on all platforms about their  
> rendering areas anyway.
>
> Mike
>
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