Roger Fink wrote: > 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
And based on the "recognition problem" you're experiencing, I would completely uninstall the version that you have before installing a later one. By uninstall I mean a conventional uninstall via Seamonkey and then go into the Windows file tree and erase all that detritus. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
