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I wasn't too worried about this when i read it, but it appears the latest oracle java plugin is not supported on chrome. I get this message from the download pa

I wasn't too worried about this when i read it, but it appears the latest oracle java plugin is not supported on chrome. I get this message from the download page: "Chrome does not support Java 7. Java 7 runs only on 64-bit browsers and Chrome is a 32-bit browser. If you download Java 7, you will not be able to run Java content in Chrome and will need to use a 64-bit browser (such as Safari or Firefox) to run Java content within a browser. Additionally, installing Java 7 will disable the ability to use Apple Java 6 on your system." So now it looks like I'll have to flip over to firefox if I want to use a site that requires the java plugin - kind of a nuisance.

spullara 14y ago
Chrome is only 32-bit? Apparently, yes, at least on the Mac. The issue has been open for 3 years: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=18323 http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=18323 "Snow Leopard will be released in less than 2 months. I believe we should start testing a 64bit version of Chrome so it can be ready when SL ships."
- lloeki 14y ago
  Chrome and Dropbox are the last non-64bit process on my machine. Their argument is YAGNI.
  - raverbashing 14y ago
    On that issue, don't even get me started with Firefox not having a 64bit version in Linux (not built by the distros) YAGNI is that kind of dismissive argument that it's not even funny So then if Apple/MS/a linux distro or somebody else shuts down 32-bit binaries they'll be coming with millions of excuses for their incompetence
    - darkstalker 14y ago
      Firefox does have an official 64 bit release for Linux since a while: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/16.0.1/linux-x86_64/
      - raverbashing 14y ago
        Great! But why this doesn't appear here? http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html Will try this later, as I had to install several 32-bit libs to use the 32-bit version on Fedora 64-bit
  - peeters 14y ago
    Not the worst argument, given that each Chrome tab is its own process.
    - lloeki 14y ago
      > Not the worst argument It is when it's the only process requiring and loading up a slew of 32-bit dylibs.
    - bzbarsky 14y ago
      That's only true if you have a small number of tabs open. And if none of them were opened using window.open. And a bunch of other restrictions.

spullara 14y ago

Chrome is only 32-bit? Apparently, yes, at least on the Mac. The issue has been open for 3 years: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=18323 http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=18323 "Snow Leopard will be released in less than 2 months. I believe we should start testing a 64bit version of Chrome so it can be ready when SL ships."

lloeki 14y ago
Chrome and Dropbox are the last non-64bit process on my machine. Their argument is YAGNI.
- raverbashing 14y ago
  On that issue, don't even get me started with Firefox not having a 64bit version in Linux (not built by the distros) YAGNI is that kind of dismissive argument that it's not even funny So then if Apple/MS/a linux distro or somebody else shuts down 32-bit binaries they'll be coming with millions of excuses for their incompetence
  - darkstalker 14y ago
    Firefox does have an official 64 bit release for Linux since a while: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/16.0.1/linux-x86_64/
    - raverbashing 14y ago
      Great! But why this doesn't appear here? http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html Will try this later, as I had to install several 32-bit libs to use the 32-bit version on Fedora 64-bit
- peeters 14y ago
  Not the worst argument, given that each Chrome tab is its own process.
  - lloeki 14y ago
    > Not the worst argument It is when it's the only process requiring and loading up a slew of 32-bit dylibs.
  - bzbarsky 14y ago
    That's only true if you have a small number of tabs open. And if none of them were opened using window.open. And a bunch of other restrictions.