On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Jerry freebsd.u...@seibercom.net wrote:
As per the Mozilla site:
Starting in Firefox 3.6, you also need the new Java plugin included in
Java 6 Update 15 and above.
FreeBSD does not supply, nor support as far as I can decipher, that
version or any of the
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:46 AM, bdsf...@att.net wrote:
On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:46:35 -0400, Michel Talon ta...@lpthe.jussieu.fr
wrote:
Jerry said:
Starting in Firefox 3.6, you also need the new Java plugin included in
Java 6 Update 15 and above.
OK, this explains why my plugin
On 9/14/2010 4:21 PM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
Jules == Jules Gilbertjules.sto...@gmail.com writes:
Jules Now, if Oracle won't adjust their thinking, I intend to look at Java
Jules sub-systems that are supplied and built by other people than Oracle.
Jules (It's called Open Source.)
And
On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 01:52:57 -0500
Joshua Isom jri...@gmail.com articulated:
As to the original post, Java, a portable write once run anywhere
language, doesn't work on FreeBSD, a standard type operating system
that mainly runs on standard hardware, when used with Xorg, a
widely used
Jerry said:
It took years, literally, before FreeBSD matured enough to get 64-bit
drivers for nVidia working correctly on its platform. The failure to
get the latest version(s) of Java working correctly on FreeBSD and
thereby, at least in my case, make the latest version of Firefox fully
usable,
On Wednesday 15 September 2010 13:02:41 Jerry wrote:
It took years, literally, before FreeBSD matured enough to get 64-bit
drivers for nVidia working correctly on its platform. The failure to
get the latest version(s) of Java working correctly on FreeBSD and
thereby, at least in my case, make
Jonathan McKeown wrote:
Yes. It lies with Sun and Oracle, and the licensing terms that prevent the
FreeBSD project from distributing modified Java packages. More generally, the
problem lies with companies who won't support FreeBSD but also prevent the
project from supporting their product
On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:17:32 +
Michel Talon ta...@lpthe.jussieu.fr articulated:
Jerry said:
It took years, literally, before FreeBSD matured enough to get 64-bit
drivers for nVidia working correctly on its platform. The failure to
get the latest version(s) of Java working correctly on
Jerry said:
Starting in Firefox 3.6, you also need the new Java plugin included in
Java 6 Update 15 and above.
OK, this explains why my plugin doesn't work. So the only solution is to
use the port firefox35 hoping that other components (flash plugin
support) also work in this case.
FreeBSD
On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:46:35 -0400, Michel Talon ta...@lpthe.jussieu.fr
wrote:
Jerry said:
Starting in Firefox 3.6, you also need the new Java plugin included in
Java 6 Update 15 and above.
OK, this explains why my plugin doesn't work. So the only solution is to
use the port firefox35
I'm the guy who started this thread.
First, I'm not unhappy with any of you. Each of you, every single
person who has, at any time, been a member of the team working on
*any* FBSD sub-system, has contributed more than me. I don't
criticize you, I salute you, thank you.
And stop throwing bricks
(Trimming the CC list a bit.)
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Jules Gilbert jules.sto...@gmail.com wrote:
I understand that Sun declined to allow pre-built configurations to be
shipped. Okay.
Now, (here I am not asking for a public response, nor am I suggesting
that anyone email me
On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:11:10 -0400
Jules Gilbert jules.sto...@gmail.com wrote:
A typical FBSD user wants to be able to do a ports-based install, or
perhaps a pkg_add and, presto, out of the box, have a browser.
And, here it comes... Wait for it.
Without too much trouble, have a running
Jules == Jules Gilbert jules.sto...@gmail.com writes:
Jules Now, if Oracle won't adjust their thinking, I intend to look at Java
Jules sub-systems that are supplied and built by other people than Oracle.
Jules (It's called Open Source.)
And that's what I tried to say in my last few posts.
Quoth Randal L. Schwartz on Tuesday, 14 September 2010:
Jules == Jules Gilbert jules.sto...@gmail.com writes:
Jules Now, if Oracle won't adjust their thinking, I intend to look at Java
Jules sub-systems that are supplied and built by other people than Oracle.
Jules (It's called Open
On 09/10/10 15:16, Chip Camden wrote:
Perhaps someone could provide specific use cases for which Java is the
only good solution?
Take a look at some online games.
For example Runescape (www.runescape.com)
Taken from Wikipedia
/*RuneScape*/ is a fantasy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy
Preface: Sorry for messing up the quotes and all, this message
got a bit untidy so that even *I* am unsure who I am
currently replying to. :-)
On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:24:31 +, four.harris...@googlemail.com wrote:
On 10. sep. 2010, at 16:29, mer...@stonehenge.com (Randal L.
On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:49:56 -0600, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote:
These days, it seems like the only places
people *really* think they still need Java are smartphones and
enterprise systems running on overpriced servers -- neither of which
makes a difference for Firefox on the
On 9/11/2010 1:10 AM, Polytropon wrote:
Let me add another field: There are applicances like all-in-one
DSL modem telephone splitter router DHCP server NAT firewall boxes
that are very common in german households. Those usually use Java
to present their control elements to the user; Applet
On Sat, 11 Sep 2010 03:17:49 -0500, Joshua Isom jri...@gmail.com wrote:
So to configure your router, you need a java enabled browser, and odds
are you get the jar file from the router, so it has an http server, and
probably another server just to process configuration requests? Now
your
On 10 Sep 2010 at 18:20, Jason C. Wells wrote:
Subject:Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask...
On 09/10/10 07:29, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
I repeat... Java had its day. Time to move on.
Java is not just for browsers.
Regards,
Jason C. Wells
I can't
On 10 Sep 2010 at 18:20, Jason C. Wells wrote:
Subject:Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask...
On 09/10/10 07:29, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
I repeat... Java had its day. Time to move on.
Java is not just for browsers.
Regards,
Jason C. Wells
I can't
On 09/09/2010 22:02, Jules Gilbert wrote:
About Java. Using java with freebsd/mozilla or another browser.
Some questions:
Is GNU java sufficient? I need to be able to run a browser with Java.
No alternative -- and no I don't want to run windoz.
I'm trying to do an 8.1 install.
Looks
Look, I'm just a user. I'm not a Java developer, not a language
developer, not a run-time specialist. But folks, we got problems! I
say this because it's becoming really hard to make Java run on a
browser.
I didn't even know that Google and Oracle weren't getting along, I
really am out of
On Thu, 9 Sep 2010 16:43:36 -0500
Adam Vande More amvandem...@gmail.com articulated:
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Jules Gilbert
jules.sto...@gmail.comwrote:
About Java. Using java with freebsd/mozilla or another browser.
Some questions:
Is GNU java sufficient? I need to be able
Jules == Jules Gilbert jules.sto...@gmail.com writes:
Jules Look, I'm just a user. I'm not a Java developer, not a language
Jules developer, not a run-time specialist. But folks, we got problems! I
Jules say this because it's becoming really hard to make Java run on a
Jules browser.
And
On 9/10/10 7:46 AM, Randal L. Schwartz mer...@stonehenge.com wrote:
Jules == Jules Gilbert jules.sto...@gmail.com writes:
Jules Look, I'm just a user. I'm not a Java developer, not a language
Jules developer, not a run-time specialist. But folks, we got problems! I
Jules say this because
Mark == Mark Sommer msom...@somware.com writes:
Mark That's a pretty idealistic view of the upcoming release of HTML5.
Mark I have yet to see a release of HTML that is compatible across
Mark browsers, i.e. adapted universally by all browsers uniformly.
Mark Java is still a very viable platform,
Quoth Randal L. Schwartz on Friday, 10 September 2010:
Mark == Mark Sommer msom...@somware.com writes:
Mark That's a pretty idealistic view of the upcoming release of HTML5.
Mark I have yet to see a release of HTML that is compatible across
Mark browsers, i.e. adapted universally by all
On 10. sep. 2010, at 16:29, mer...@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) wrote:
Mark == Mark Sommer msom...@somware.com writes:
Mark That's a pretty idealistic view of the upcoming release of HTML5.
Mark I have yet to see a release of HTML that is compatible across
Mark browsers, i.e.
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 5:48 AM, Jerry freebsd.u...@seibercom.net wrote:
Excepting donations != producing results. I will be happy to donate
$100 US dollars to their fund once they distribute a fully up-to-date
version of JAVA, not some reworked, deprecated version, that is fully
compatible
On Fri, 2010-09-10 at 08:16 -0700, Chip Camden wrote:
Quoth Randal L. Schwartz on Friday, 10 September 2010:
Mark == Mark Sommer msom...@somware.com writes:
Mark That's a pretty idealistic view of the upcoming release of HTML5.
Mark I have yet to see a release of HTML that is
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From: Eirik Øverby ltn...@anduin.net
Subject:Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask...
Date: 10th September 2010 16:20
On 10. sep. 2010, at 16:29, mer...@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) wrote:
Mark == Mark Sommer msom...@somware.com
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 06:46, Randal L. Schwartz mer...@stonehenge.com wrote:
Jules == Jules Gilbert jules.sto...@gmail.com writes:
Jules Look, I'm just a user. I'm not a Java developer, not a language
Jules developer, not a run-time specialist. But folks, we got problems! I
Jules say
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 08:16:51AM -0700, Chip Camden wrote:
Perhaps someone could provide specific use cases for which Java is the
only good solution?
I guess the only answer to that is running applications someone wrote in
Java -- but I know that's *not* what you meant.
I don't have
On 09/10/10 07:29, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
I repeat... Java had its day. Time to move on.
Java is not just for browsers.
Regards,
Jason C. Wells
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Jason == Jason C Wells j...@speakeasy.net writes:
Jason On 09/10/10 07:29, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
I repeat... Java had its day. Time to move on.
Jason Java is not just for browsers.
Indeed. And I still stand by my statement.
Java makes everyone equally incompetent, which is why
About Java. Using java with freebsd/mozilla or another browser.
Some questions:
Is GNU java sufficient? I need to be able to run a browser with Java.
No alternative -- and no I don't want to run windoz.
I'm trying to do an 8.1 install.
Does this problem exist with Sun's x86 OS?
Does anyone
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Jules Gilbert jules.sto...@gmail.comwrote:
About Java. Using java with freebsd/mozilla or another browser.
Some questions:
Is GNU java sufficient? I need to be able to run a browser with Java.
No alternative -- and no I don't want to run windoz.
I'm
Jules == Jules Gilbert jules.sto...@gmail.com writes:
Jules Now an opinion. If Oracle isn't going to help us, we should look
Jules around for an alternative, even inventing something else, something
Jules that isn't Sun/Oracle/Java.
You mean something that looks like Java but isn't Java?
On 09/09/10 14:02, Jules Gilbert wrote:
About Java. Using java with freebsd/mozilla or another browser.
Some questions:
Is GNU java sufficient? I need to be able to run a browser with Java.
No alternative -- and no I don't want to run windoz.
I'm trying to do an 8.1 install.
Does this
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