News that Oracle Corp. plans to deprecate the Java browser plug-in in JDK 9 prompted a rousing chorus of "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" from the Internet last week. But the news came as no surprise. A ...

Applets may no longer be in vogue, but opinions vary whether Oracle's Java Web Start is a viable alternative Oracle’s plan to dump its Java browser plug-in came as no surprise to two ISVs in the Java ...

This article is the sequel to Jeff Friesen's previous article on Java Plug-in, " Plug into Java with Java Plug-in" (JavaWorld, June 1999). It focuses on one of the more recent Java Plug-ins in the ...

To the uninitiated, it may have seemed like another damning headline from Oracle, intimating another nail in the coffin of the Java programming language. To the informed enthusiasts who have defended ...

Java's unloved browser plug-in is finally being phased out. With Flash also headed for the dustbin, user security should significantly improve -- provided, of course, that people don't leave the ...

In the wake of popular Internet browsers Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari ceasing NPAPI web plug-in support, Oracle has finally accepted that its troublesome Java plug-in is dead and gone, announcing ...

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Oracle will retire the Java browser plug-in, frequently the target of Web-based exploits, about a year from now. Remnants, however, will likely linger long after that. “Oracle plans to deprecate the ...

Oracle's Java plug-in is used to power games, 3D graphics tools and in-house business software Millions of Java users are to be warned that they could be exposed to malware as a result of a flaw that ...

Java Web Start simplifies deployment of applications, but Sun's Plug-in makes the task even easier. See how the Java Plug-in from Sun enables browsers to fetch a Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Java Web ...