Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richard Maher Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Java version check and auro-jre download (was Re: J2EE) Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 05:14:45 +0800 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 62 Message-ID: References: <521fc2b1$0$300$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <522159b8$0$291$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <52229aee$0$299$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <52233db4$0$303$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <5223a781$0$304$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <5223d7f3$0$300$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <5224f0e7$0$304$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <5225213c$0$290$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: jOhPn0KFjrxwuMc9OPMmCw.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130801 Thunderbird/17.0.8 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:25220 On 9/4/2013 4:35 AM, markspace wrote: > On 9/3/2013 6:00 AM, Richard Maher wrote: > >> Richard was/is talking Applets as usual and am quite happy to be told >> that the syntax for the PARAM tag OBJECT tag combo is not what I've >> quoted. > > > Fair enough, I didn't realize. What version of HTML? 5? 4.01? It might > make a difference. > > I just say !DOCTYPE HTML these days. Is there a DTD designator I should be using? I'd really just settle for "The version of Java you require has not been installed. You have to do it manually because those at JNLP hate you and want to justify their existence and budget". The lovely success/failure status routines we got in Java 7 would be a nice place to stick an error report. (At least for very recent and future version checks :-) I also thought FireFox (and other browsers?) only had one plugin now for Java (launch and JRE)? HOLD THE PHONE!!! This from: - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/blocked/p428 Java Deployment Toolkit (click-to-play) has been blocked for your protection. Why was it blocked? The Java Deployment Toolkit plugin is known to be insecure and is unnecessary in most cases. Users should keep it disabled unless strictly necessary. Who is affected? All Firefox users who have this plugin installed. What does this mean? The problematic add-on or plugin will be automatically disabled and no longer usable. When Mozilla becomes aware of add-ons, plugins, or other third-party software that seriously compromises Firefox security, stability, or performance and meets certain criteria, the software may be blocked from general use. For more information, please read this support article. Blocked on July 18, 2013. View block request. The Numpties in JNLP and Applets are an industry-wide joke and too embarrassing for someone with Larry's ego past successes and erstwhile commitment to quality :-( When is someone going to peel back the scab on this festering sore of Applets and (Oh Oracle defines "RIA" aren't we clever) start sacking people? That's put me off my corn-flakes :-(