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IMO, Java in its own interest should not install/enable the Java browser plugin by default after installation of a JRE. Java as a browser plugin is outdated in
by hrjet 13y ago
IMO, Java in its own interest should not install/enable the Java browser plugin by default after installation of a JRE.
Java as a browser plugin is outdated in this decade of HTML5. Sure, it might be irreplaceable in some niches; for those users, the plugin could be made available as a separate installation.
Sadly, I am not hopeful that Oracle will lead the way here. They are going the other way and installing third-party utilities (the Ask.com toolbar) while installing Java.
- yuhong 13y agoI think they are already going to default to only running signed applets in a a future update.
- smoyer 13y agoThose changes were released in Java 7u51 just last week. But it will take a long time for everyone to upgrade (if ever). It is possible to completely disable Java in the browser, but it takes some work (often you have to find a link in the browser's installation directory).
- mweibel 13y agoAfter reading your comment I went to the control panel of java and there you can at least disable the browser plugin. But removing it entirely would be better