There have been security issues with the Oracle release of Java 1.7. General
advice has been not to use it.
On my own page I am using Jmol 12.0.43 which I understand is old. I access it
from a MacBook Pro running OS 10.7.4 and Safari 6.0 or Firefox 15.0. Applae
Java release 1.6.0_33. Have no problems.
Phil Bays
On Sep 1, 2012, at 9:02 PM, Eric Martz wrote:
> I erased (re-formatted) the (new, 0.7 terabyte) internal disk in my main
> workstation (2007 Intel MacBook Pro) and did a clean install of Snow Leopard
> 10.6 from a DVD shipped by Apple in the past week. That went smoothly.
> Migration Assistant copied nearly all of my apps, and their licensed status,
> all my files, etc. automatically from a bootable backup of my old Leopard
> (10.5) system.
>
> Afterwards, I had OS 10.6.3 and Java 1.6.0_17 and Jmol applet worked in both
> Safari and Firefox.
>
> I then did the Apple Software Updates, which included "update 9" to Java.
> After that, I have OS 10.6.8 and Java 1.6.0_33. Jmol still works in Firefox
> but NO LONGER IN SAFARI (now version 5.0.5)! Java fails to start, and the
> applet area remains blank white (no Jmol frank). There is nothing in Safari's
> Error Console. This failure occurs with Proteopedia (Jmol 13.0.1) and
> FirstGlance (Jmol 12.2.30).
>
> In Safari, Preferences, Security, both Java and Javascript are enabled. In
> Safari, Help, Installed Plug-Ins is listed "Java Applet Plug-in" with a long
> list of MIME types.
>
> The Jmol.jar Application works.
>
> Firefox has generally been flaky with Jmol. For example, as I reported months
> ago before my OS upgrade, the Jmol menus don't work in Firefox! Safari has
> been solid, so that is where I did most of my work. I uninstalled Chrome
> because its frequent checks for updates fool my outgoing firewall (Little
> Snitch) into asking for permission every single time (despite giving it
> permanent permission over and over) -- it got too annoying.
>
> Henry Rzepa, do you recommend that I go to Java 1.7?
>
> Thanks for any insights anyone can offer.
> Eric
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Department of Chemistry and Physics
Saint Mary's College
Notre Dame, IN 46556
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