Tony Young (ty) wrote:
AllIt's probably best to install the latest version of Sun's jre from java.sun.com. Mozilla should automatically find the plugin dll's when you next open it.
I recently installing Mozilla 1.2.1 and after going to my netbanking site was told that I needed to install the java plugin.
I received a popup with the option of Opening using application, or saving the .xpi file to disk.Sounds like the link on the page is broken, or you have javascript installed (a script is called for automatic installation from a webpage). You can open the xpi file you downloaded in mozilla, and it will install. 'Open using' Mozilla when you get the popup should also work.
I was under the impression that .xpi files indicated a relationship with XPInstall and that Mozilla/Netscape would handle this internally?
Because I couldn't really do anything else I saved the file to disk, but don't know what to do next.
One thing I noticed in Edit->Preferences that I though was strange was that there are no helper apps listed. I expected to see references for quicktime, flash, shockwave, and a few others for which plugins were successfully installed.Helper apps are used to deal with files Mozilla or one of its plugins can't handle. Java Webstart is an example. Type about:plugins in the URL bar to get a list of installed plugins.
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