Frequent readers of this blog know that I am no fan of Oracle’s Java or Adobe’s Flash and I have recommended that to keep your PC or Mac safe, that you run neither. Others who have more influence than I have said the same thing. I guess that Oracle must have seen the writing on the wall because Oracle has explained in a blog post that it kill off the Java plug-in which works with whatever browser that you choose. The Java plug-in will be removed in Development Kit 9. But there’s been no date set for the official decommissioning of the plug-in, although it is likely to be based on monitoring future use, which means it could be around for a long time. However, this could be irrelevant as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer/Edge have already announced time frames for when the Java plug-in will stop working. Thus the clock is already ticking for the Java plug-in. And perhaps for Java itself.
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Oracle To Deep Six Java Plug-In
Frequent readers of this blog know that I am no fan of Oracle’s Java or Adobe’s Flash and I have recommended that to keep your PC or Mac safe, that you run neither. Others who have more influence than I have said the same thing. I guess that Oracle must have seen the writing on the wall because Oracle has explained in a blog post that it kill off the Java plug-in which works with whatever browser that you choose. The Java plug-in will be removed in Development Kit 9. But there’s been no date set for the official decommissioning of the plug-in, although it is likely to be based on monitoring future use, which means it could be around for a long time. However, this could be irrelevant as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer/Edge have already announced time frames for when the Java plug-in will stop working. Thus the clock is already ticking for the Java plug-in. And perhaps for Java itself.
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