NoOp wrote:
On 07/20/2011 11:23 AM, Dick Hoffman wrote:
NoOp wrote:
...
I tracked it back to this:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=506985
[Bug 506985 - remove java-specific preferences from Firefox UI, hidden
prefs ]
Looks like the option to disable/enable java was removed in Firefox 3.6
forward. And the Firefox solution:
<https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/How%20to%20turn%20off%20Java%20applets>
Use the addons manager.
My wife points out this change has further security implications
depending on how it was implemented. Did the update that changed the
Enable/Disable of Java to the Add-ons Manager take into consideration
the user's current preference setting or did it take a default and, if
so, was the default Enable or Disable? If it took a default of Enable
there could be other chumps like me out there thinking they've got Java
disabled when they really don't.
Dick
I wouldn't argue about the security implications... but yes the default
is set to enable (I turn off/on using Prefbar). I reckon that is the
reason for the other bug reports; meaning they plan to remove the option
to turn off/on altogether in the Preferences UI on SeaMonkey. This is
one area that I think that SeaMonkey should stick to their guns and
leave the Preferences option to turn Java on/off in *and* ensure that it
works properly.
Slight added note: if you reference a bug report it is helpful to
include the url to the bug report rather than simply referring to it by
number. This way, folks not familar with bugzilla can easily click on
the link to review/comment. So your report is:
<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=672665>
and the bug that your bug was duped to:
<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=512378>
Which btw IMO isn't resolved/fixed as it apparently doesn't work in SM
2.1 or 2.2& that indeed can be a security issue. You might want to add
your comments there.
OK, I added some verbage to
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=512378 for whatever impact
they'll have.
Thanks for your comment re including the URL of the bug for folks' ease
of access.
Dick
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