On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Noel O'Boyle <baoille...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 31/08/2012, Peter Murray-Rust <pm...@cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 4:56 AM, Robert Hanson <hans...@stolaf.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Java 1.6.35 was released today and closes this vulnerability.
> >>
> >>
> > What does this mean in practice. Do users have to update? automatically
> or
> > deliberately?
> >
> > P.
>
> Don't be worrying about it. Security vulnerabilities come out every
> few weeks for a variety of applications that 90% of people have
> installed (especially on Windows). Users should update all their
> software (Flash, Adobe Reader, JRE, etc) all the time. But it's a case
> of "crying Wolf" as a new JRE comes out every two weeks, and the
> annoying popup doesn't distinguish between severe security flaws and
> inconsequential bug fixes.
>
Thanks,
So every time a user - anywhere - gets a request from Oracle to update Java
this is likely to fix the problem, OK?
On a related note a number of people seem to think HTML5+SVG+Javascript
will replace applets. Obviously this would be a problem for Jmol applets as
they do a great deal of computation (e.g. expanding cell contents). I
haven't written graphics for some time but may have to do so. What is the
current best strategy in the BO context? I am a strong believer in SVG -
but what else and how?
> - Noel
>
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Peter Murray-Rust
Reader in Molecular Informatics
Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
University of Cambridge
CB2 1EW, UK
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