Re: [Jmol-users] Apple blocks java 6 applets on Snow Leopard

[Eric M. <em...@mi...>]

As I said, java applets are "blocked in all browsers". I've tested 
Safari, Firefox, and Chrome. My tests are in Snow Leopard only. 
Applets still work in Windows.

At 1/31/13, you wrote:
>This is because the Oracle "fix" did not fix the vulnerability. Does 
>Firefox work?  I have not tried.
>
>Philip Bays
>Saint Mary's College
>Notre Dame, IN 46556
>
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>
>
>On Jan 31, 2013, at 2:49 PM, Eric Martz <em...@mi...> wrote:
>
> > All of a sudden today I'm "out of business" developing Jmol
> > applet-based web pages. And apparently so are all users of OS X 10.6
> > Snow Leopard. Apparently Apple has blocked the use of java applets by
> > blocking the current java version on Snow Leopard, 1.6.0_37. I didn't
> > know they could do that! Applets are blocked in all browsers. When
> > you load a page with Jmol applet, you see a small gray "Inactive
> > plug-in". When you click on that, it runs Apple Updates, which tells
> > you that there are no updates -- you are up to date. The Jmol
> > application still runs.
> >
> > 
> http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/01/31/apple-blocks-java-on-macs-due-to-vulnerabilities/1880783/
> >
> > Apparently there is a way to temporarily un-block applets, but
> > evidently the security risk is high. And at least once a day your
> > computer will be reset to block java.
> >
> > https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4761112?tstart=0
> >
> > Ouch!
> >
> > What is the experience on Lion and Mountain Lion?
> >
> > I can still run both java 6 and 7 applets in web browsers in Windows.
> >
> > Eric
> >
> >
> >
> > 
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