Article: Internet Basics: Plug-ins Are Like Popeye's Spinach
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Internet Basics: Plug-ins Are Like Popeye's Spinach
Ever watch Popeye the Sailor Man cartoons? All on his own, Popeye could do quite a lot. He could walk and talk and sing and smoke his pipe. But when it came time to deal with his nemesis, Brutus, Popeye just wasn't up to the task.
Not until he ate his spinach, that is. And suddenly, good old Popeye could do even more than before. That's when things always got exciting, and, suddenly, handling Brutus was no problem.
That's what plug-ins are like.
Just like Popeye all on his own, a browser can do quite a lot. It can display webpages and work with special languages like Javascript. But when it comes time to deal with other special things like audio or video or Flash content or Portable Document Files (PDFs), well, browsers often aren't up to the ta...
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