[1] [CITE[SmartUpdate Developer’s Guide]] ([TIME[2015-05-01 23:37:04 +09:00]] 版) <http://web.archive.org/web/20040404132747/http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/communicator/jarman/index.htm>

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[2] [CITE[Netscape Gecko and Plugins]]
([[Arun Ranganathan]] 著, [TIME[2004-09-03 04:50:09 +09:00]] 版)
<http://petesguide.com/xpi/Netscape%20Gecko%20and%20Plugins.htm>
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> In Netscape Communicator 4.x browsers, the preferred mechanism for installing plugins was SmartUpdate, which involved signed JAR files (rather like signed CAB files in IE) and JavaScript as the installer-language.  This delivery mechanism allowed plugins to be delivered dynamically to end-users, without necessitating a departure from the browser or without restarting the browser.  But SmartUpdate is no longer supported in Netscape Gecko-based browsers.  Instead, the technology that replaces it is XPInstall (also abbreviated as XPI and pronounced "zippy").  XPInstall is capable of doing everything SmartUpdate could do in Netscape Communicator 4.x

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