Roger Fink wrote:
Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
Michael Gordon wrote:
SM 2.15 effectively blocks all versions of JAVA. Yesterday I had SM
2.13 installed and running JAVA applets by enabling JAVA in the
Ad-Ons Manager. Last night I upgraded to SM 2.15 and JAVA applets
would not run. ...
Side note: Internet Explorer, v.8, has no problem with the latest
version of the JAVA plugin.
It is time to jump the sinking ship. The Mozilla Fire Breathing
Dragon has run out of gas, has lost its spark, and should be laid to
rest with honors.
Thanks for the ride, Mozilla, it has been a fun ride.
On my system, at about:plugins, the plugin is listed with a bright red
message, "Java(TM) Platform SE 7 U11 is known to be vulnerable. Use
with caution," followed by a link to "More information," which points
here: <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/blocked/p182>.
Details of the block request are available here:
<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=829111>.
Using SM 2.15, I visited a familiar site that uses a Java applet, and
that part of the page was displayed with a puzzle piece saying I had
to "click here to activate plugin." I clicked, Java started, and it
ran normally.
I closed the page (which clears its session cookies) and returned,
logged in all over again, and repeated the procedure. Once again, I
was told I had to click to activate Java. So that one click did not
enable Java globally or permanently.
Accordingly, two points:
1) The problem is not of Mozilla's making, it's a fault with Oracle's
product so it's not fair to blame Mozilla for protecting you.
2) If you really want to run Java despite its vulnerability, you can,
on demand.
--
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
The java plugin is enabled without conditions or warnings in my SM v.15.
My experience in activating java on time.gov is like what you describe. The
first time I clicked the box to enable it, java presented me with an option
to remember the permission, which I selected. The second time it just
presented the box, so there is a glitch somewhere, but at least you can use
it in selected instances if you need to (and some of us do).
I'm not seeing any box, pop-up, pop-under, jigsaw-puzzle placeholder,
nuttin'. SM Add-On Mgr shows a warning that the "Java (version) is
known to be vulnerable. Use with caution." Then a link called 'More
Information' which takes you to
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/blocked/p186 (in the case of
Java 1.6_38), and that tells you it's been automatically disabled and no
longer usable.
Back to my original question: how do I turn it back on? If I'm supposed
to see some dialog box, how do I force THAT on so I can turn Java back on?
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