The most recent java update has broken a feature of the content
management system my business uses (Farcry for those who know about
content management systems).
The problem seems to stem from an incompatibility between The
javascript the CMS uses to render a live timer 'counts down' that
describes how long a user has left before they're logged out of the
system if they don't make any changes to the site ...
... and a wysiwyg editing (java program) called Edit-on Pro made by a
company called Realobjects in Germany.
Each second the timer 'counts' causes the embedded java app window to
refresh, which causes a per-second flickering that gives me a
headache. Needless to say this didn't happen before 10.3.9 - happens
under 10.4 also.
Tried installing the JSA v5 beta on the off chance it may fix things
- nada. Does anyone know if I can install an earlier version of java
without any penalties to other features of 10.4?
Figure I'll e-mail Farcry, Realobjects and Apple also in any case,
but if anyone has any suggestions I'd love to hear them.
Cheers,
Tobes.
P.S. The whole thing works just fine under windows, so I'll probably
jump onto a windows box until it's fixed, but I wish I didn't have to
run 2 boxes just to update a website. :)
