On 7/19/11 10:10 AM, Dick Hoffman wrote: > David E. Ross wrote: >> On 7/17/11 2:37 PM, Dick Hoffman wrote: >>> Running SM 2.2 on a Windows/XP SP3 system, I can't Enable/Disable Java >>> through the Preferences->Advanced checkbox but can through the Add-ons >>> Manager. Not a big deal but what's the point of the Preferences checkbox? >>> Dick >> >> I can enable and disable Java through [Edit> Preferences> Advanced]. >> When Java is disabled this way, certain Web pages that I visit very >> clearly indicate that Java is missing. >> >> The preference variable is security.enable_java, with "true" being >> enabled and "false" being disabled. >> >> I tested the Java checkbox in PrefBar. There is some kind of disconnect >> between that and both [Edit> Preferences> Advanced] and about:config. >> While I often disable JavaScript, I never disable Java; so I'm not >> planning to find where that disconnect occurs. >> > We run essentially vanilla SeaMonkey, no add-ons not included in SM's > download. We normally run with Java disabled and enable it for sites > that need it. I've done some further investigation and find that the > Edit->Preferences->Advanced checkbox also does not Enable/Disable Java > on our notebook computer running SM 2.1 under XP-SP3. I'm using the > "Verify installed version" option at www.java.com to test this. When > enabled using the AOM the site says we have Version 6 Update 26, when > disabled via the AOM it loops until I stop it. Using the Preferences > checkbox has no effect on Java's Enabled/Disabled status. The checkbox > does toggle the security.enable_java variable in about:config but does > not change Java's execution status. Should I enter a problem in Bugzilla? > Dick
On further testing, I completely agree that there is a bug. Please submit your bug report and then post a reply in this thread with the bug number. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> On occasion, I might filter and ignore all newsgroup messages posted through GoogleGroups via Google's G2/1.0 user agent because of spam from that source. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
