Well... If you mean to add a single "plugin" where you could run perl scripts, as opposed to installing activeperl (for windows clients), if feasible, the plugin would be large.

Assuming that it was set up that way, we'd need to incorporate a GUI method for the webbrowser. Probably GTK or Glade or something, perhaps TCL/TK, which would morph into some sort of Browser::API; I'm not going into the holy war on GUIs thing.

After we had this "plugin" in place, we'd have to work on the transport protocol. It'd be a terrible thing to have someone insert into a cleartext transmission from a webserver to a perl plugin some malicious code like system("your nasty commandline here"); Which means we'd need at least a CRC transmission test system and probably SSL.

So... If we got the plugin created, and to an acceptible point where the clients would not have to worry about simple hack attacks, then we'd have something. I'm afraid I don't use much client side applications, so I don't use much java at all.

In reply to Re: possible: a perl plugin for web browsers? by vaevictus
in thread possible: a perl plugin for web browsers? by drfrog

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.