Rickles wrote: > Roger Fink wrote: >> Paul B. Gallagher wrote: >>> 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. >> >> The java plugin is enabled without conditions or warnings in my SM >> v.15. My experience in activating java on time.gov is like what you >> describe. The first time I clicked the box to enable it, java >> presented me with an option to remember the permission, which I >> selected. The second time it just presented the box, so there is a >> glitch somewhere, but at least you can use it in selected instances >> if you need to (and some of us do). > I'm not seeing any box, pop-up, pop-under, jigsaw-puzzle placeholder, > nuttin'. SM Add-On Mgr shows a warning that the "Java (version) is > known to be vulnerable. Use with caution." Then a link called 'More > Information' which takes you to > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/blocked/p186 (in the case > of Java 1.6_38), and that tells you it's been automatically disabled > and no longer usable. > > Back to my original question: how do I turn it back on? If I'm > supposed to see some dialog box, how do I force THAT on so I can turn > Java back on?
If you install the prefbar extension you can easily access (by one of several display options) a check box to enable or disable java. That should do it, but I would upgrade to java 7.11 first. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/addon/prefbar/?src=ss _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
