I use Neo Office so I should upgrade, right? Thanks Lee. > On Dec 1, 2018, at 10:14 AM, Lee Larson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Dec 1, 2018, at 9:44 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> I got a notice on my computer that a new version of Java was available. I >> know this question has come up before but I don’t remember the answer. >> Should I install this? The dialogue box said I had an older version >> installed. > > Java is in a peculiar position right now. I used to recommend everyone > upgrade their Java right away because the Java plugin in Web browsers was > nearly as reliable a security hole as Flash. But, most (all?) the modern > browsers don’t support Java on Web pages any more. (Safari stopped supporting > Java with version 12.) Almost all Web pages that formerly used Java have > replaced the Java functions with HTML5+Javascript. (Javascript is not Java.) > > So, unless you really need Java for something else, I’m suggesting it can be > removed rather than updated. > > I keep Java around on my machines because UofL has a VPN that needs Java. > > There are many programs that use Java. The most common are probably Open > Office and its clones. > > L^2 > > --- > Lee Larson > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > I was taught to do math and read at the same time. So you're six years old, > you're reading 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' and it becomes rapidly > obvious that there are only two kinds of men in the world: dwarves and Prince > Charmings. And the odds are seven is to one against your finding the prince. > That's why little girls don't do math. — Emily Levine > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mail-2Darchive.com_macgroup-40erdos.math.louisville.edu_&d=DwIFaQ&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs&m=r7IyhMcpeRoObcsyAZ6tKAkxllcWkuam0MXa9cY_pGA&s=6KICoMlACSANLZY9VBdc83occrVPvWDBETaHNOnLLYU&e=> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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