On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Robert Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David, > >> Just been browsing the Java pages on the wiki and confirming to myself the >> Sun Java version installs but the plugin does not load. A pity, as I have >> installed on a school server an excellent UNESCO CD of educational materials >> "Strengthening ICTs in Schools and Schoolnet Project in the ASEAN Setting" >> which has hundreds of nice educational applets. Seems the last recorded >> activity on getting Java to work was about 5 months ago... or can anyone >> update me? > > You have it right. The Java plugin does not work in the current Browse > activity. This is apparently a case of compilation mismatches, and my > understanding is that it won't go away until Browse is recompiled with a > different library base. This bug still exists with Joyride and the > latest Browse build.
what library base are you referring to? > However, Java applications do run under Sugar if you install Java. The > plugin does run with a separately installed browser. > > There is a lot of educational content available on the Internet that > depends on the plugin. I realize that Java doesn't meet OLPC's > definition of 'free', but it should be supported. > > An interesting sidenote in Joyride -- it used to be that Firefox was > excluded in the OLPC yum repository. It no longer is, and 'yum install > firefox' now gets you Firefox 3. I wonder when the Browse activity will > be built on this core. Browse is currently based on Xulrunner 1.9, which is the same rendering engine as Firefox 3. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Browse#Summary bobby > I feel your pain, > > Bob > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
