On 1/18/13 11:27 AM, Rickles wrote: > David E. Ross wrote: >> On 1/18/13 9:51 AM, Rickles wrote: >>> I've seen the notices and recommendations about the various Java >>> security holes. I understand the concerns. But there's one site my >>> wife visits regularly which requires Java, and now won't work on either >>> our XP-SP3 tower mainframe or a Win7 laptop, both with SM 2.15, because >>> SM has taken it upon itself to block every Java version back thru v6 >>> Update 38. The only option available to the user is to disable it in >>> Add-On Mgr, which is useless since SM has already locked it out. >>> >>> This is the only site she wants to use which uses Java, so I'd >>> appreciate any recommendations as to how to turn SOME version of Java >>> back on in SM. >>> >> >> Java 7u11 is NOT blocked for SeaMonkey 2.15 under Windows XP. >> > Begging your pardon, Mr Ross, but if Java weren't blocked, I wouldn't > have posted the message in the first place. In point of fact, the > plug-in is blocked, and the option to ENABLE it is not visible in the > Add-Ons Mgr screen. The only button visible is 'Disable', which is what > I described to begin with. > > I can begin to understand the current version of SM blocking Java due > it's zero-day vulnerability, but if I am supposed to have the option to > turn it back on, I have no idea how to do that because I can't see or > find an option anywhere to re-enable it. And Mr Gordon is accessing the > same site as my wife, Pogo.com. So he's seeing the same thing we are. > And SM is preventing the site from using Java in any version state. > > I'm not as prepared to 'jump ship' as Mr Gordon puts it, but either I > have a fault which prevents me from seeing a re-enable option (help!?), > or someone has programmed this to take the choice away from me. Either > way, I can't there from here. > > I don't want to give up SM: I've seen Firefox and I prefer the suite > verion I use now (and have been using for many years). And I detest the > MS product. It's bad enough I have to put up with it at work, I don't > want to deal with it at home as well. (I'm an IT system/network admin, > but not a programmer.) >
Okay. I'll rephrase my comment. Configuration: Windows XP SP3 Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:18.0) Gecko/20100101 SeaMonkey/2.15 Java J2SE RTE 7 update 11 For me, I can still use Java. I get a gray box with a Lego block and the caption: "Click here to activate plugin." I click (once, not double-click) on the caption, and Java is working. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> Are taxes too high in the U.S.? Check the bar graph at <http://www.rossde.com/taxes/trickling.html> to see. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
