I dumped Java 7 several weeks ago and went back to an older version which i have been using judiciously ---enable/disable. Now on 1/31 neither Firefox nor Safari display anything using OSX 10.8.2. See classes.yale.edu/chem220. Fred Ziegler On Jan 31, 2013, at 3:13 PM, Eric Martz <ema...@microbio.umass.edu> wrote:
> As I said, java applets are "blocked in all browsers". I've tested > Safari, Firefox, and Chrome. My tests are in Snow Leopard only. > Applets still work in Windows. > > At 1/31/13, you wrote: >> This is because the Oracle "fix" did not fix the vulnerability. Does >> Firefox work? I have not tried. >> >> Philip Bays >> Saint Mary's College >> Notre Dame, IN 46556 >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> >> On Jan 31, 2013, at 2:49 PM, Eric Martz <ema...@microbio.umass.edu> wrote: >> >>> All of a sudden today I'm "out of business" developing Jmol >>> applet-based web pages. And apparently so are all users of OS X 10.6 >>> Snow Leopard. Apparently Apple has blocked the use of java applets by >>> blocking the current java version on Snow Leopard, 1.6.0_37. I didn't >>> know they could do that! Applets are blocked in all browsers. When >>> you load a page with Jmol applet, you see a small gray "Inactive >>> plug-in". When you click on that, it runs Apple Updates, which tells >>> you that there are no updates -- you are up to date. The Jmol >>> application still runs. >>> >>> >> http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/01/31/apple-blocks-java-on-macs-due-to-vulnerabilities/1880783/ >>> >>> Apparently there is a way to temporarily un-block applets, but >>> evidently the security risk is high. And at least once a day your >>> computer will be reset to block java. >>> >>> https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4761112?tstart=0 >>> >>> Ouch! >>> >>> What is the experience on Lion and Mountain Lion? >>> >>> I can still run both java 6 and 7 applets in web browsers in Windows. >>> >>> Eric >>> >>> >>> >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. >>> Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics >>> Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Jmol-users mailing list >>> Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. >> Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics >> Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan >> _______________________________________________ >> Jmol-users mailing list >> Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan > _______________________________________________ > Jmol-users mailing list > Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users **************************************** Professor Frederick E. Ziegler, Emeritus Sterling Chemistry Laboratory 225 Prospect Street Yale University P.O. Box 208107 New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107 E-mail: frederick.zieg...@yale.edu Telephone: (203) 432-3959 Fax: (203) 432-6144 **************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
