Oracle will kill Java in the browser – digi.no

Oracle announced yesterday that the time for Java browser plugin is about to run out. Initially, there is no talk about killing technology altogether. It should still be included in Java 9 platform (JDK / JRE 9) but it will get the status as “deprecated”. That is, it is considered obsolete functionality discouraged used.

First, in a later version of the Java platform, Oracle has not stated what will nettleserpluginen be removed completely.

Vulnerability on vulnerability

Java is that both programming language and platform still popular, but the same can not be said that nettleserpluginen. Because of the quantities of serious vulnerabilities were Java plugin for some years ago named the riskiest software you install on your PC.

This was at a time when many Norwegian banking customers had little choice but to use the Java plugin.

Today it is not nearly so often that one hears about serious vulnerabilities in the Java plugin. But now there are few who have a need to run Java applets in the browser, if at all get it.

Developers that offer Java applet-based solutions, it is recommended as soon as possible to find alternative solutions . Oracle recommends its plugin-free Java Web Start technology. More on those recommendations contained in this document.

Little support

Support for Java and other browser plugins were introduced more than 20 years ago at the launch of Netscape Navigator 2.0. This gave a young and immature web completely new opportunities, but with HTML5 and newer technologies, the need for plugins in the process of being completely gone.

Already there are so Java and most other plugins are not supported by Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, and Mozilla has announced plans to remove support for all NPAPI-based plugins by the end of 2016. Without NPAPI support removed the ability to use most browser plugins, including including Silverlight.

Adobe Flash Player is largely exempt from this because there are still quite a lot of Flash-based web content available. Therefore comes Flash Player as a more or less integral part of Chrome and Edge. Firefox will support Flash Player also after 2016.

Some clarifications

For those who might wonder: Java platform and language has practically nothing with JavaScript to do, which is a completely separate technology that is built into all browsers, and as alive and well.

Plugins Java and Silverlight has nothing to do with browser extensions do. Plugins used to display content that the browser alone can not support themselves. Browser extensions concerns extend or change the functionality of the browser itself, through APIs designed for just that. It is nothing to suggest that browser extensions will be gone. Currently missing this in Microsoft Edge, but it is among the major news is expected in this browser during 2016.