Michael Gordon wrote:
SM 2.15 effectively blocks all versions of JAVA. Yesterday I had SM
2.13 installed and running JAVA applets by enabling JAVA in the Ad-Ons
Manager. Last night I upgraded to SM 2.15 and JAVA applets would not run.
...
Side note: Internet Explorer, v.8, has no problem with the latest
version of the JAVA plugin.
It is time to jump the sinking ship. The Mozilla Fire Breathing Dragon
has run out of gas, has lost its spark, and should be laid to rest with
honors.
Thanks for the ride, Mozilla, it has been a fun ride.
On my system, at about:plugins, the plugin is listed with a bright red
message, "Java(TM) Platform SE 7 U11 is known to be vulnerable. Use with
caution," followed by a link to "More information," which points here:
<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/blocked/p182>. Details of
the block request are available here:
<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=829111>.
Using SM 2.15, I visited a familiar site that uses a Java applet, and
that part of the page was displayed with a puzzle piece saying I had to
"click here to activate plugin." I clicked, Java started, and it ran
normally.
I closed the page (which clears its session cookies) and returned,
logged in all over again, and repeated the procedure. Once again, I was
told I had to click to activate Java. So that one click did not enable
Java globally or permanently.
Accordingly, two points:
1) The problem is not of Mozilla's making, it's a fault with Oracle's
product so it's not fair to blame Mozilla for protecting you.
2) If you really want to run Java despite its vulnerability, you can, on
demand.
--
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
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