Java + Firefox

[Lillian Angel]

Hi,

Knute Johnson wrote:
>> Knute Johnson wrote:
>>
>>>> Should the Firefox Java plugin work with Fedora-8 IcedTea Java?
>>>> Does anyone have it working?
>>>> Is there some setting one has to make?
>>> It works fine but there are some things it doesn't do.  Check to see
>>> if it is installed and registered, type "about:plugin" in the address
>>> line of Firefox and press <ENTER>.  You should see an entry for the
>>> Java plugin.
>>>
>>> If you need full functionality for Java you need to get Sun's Java.
>>> See my website for instructions to get and install it.
>>>
>>> http://rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com/sun-java-on-F8.html
>> Thanks for your help.
>> Your document is very lucid.
>>
>> I do actually have "GCJ Web Browser Plugin 1.4",
>> which says "The GCJ Web Browser Plugin executes Java applets".
>>
>> But I don't actually have any urgent need to see Java applets with Firefox,
>> so I guess I'll wait until everything works with IcedTea (Fedora 9?).
> 
> Don't quote me but I heard that IcedTea had been dropped for OpenJDK 
> in F9.  Not exactly sure what that means to the end user but we'll 
> all find out here soon.

java-1.7.0-icedtea has been replaced by java-1.6.0-openjdk. OpenJDK 
contributes ~99% of the code in the java-1.6.0-openjdk package and 
IcedTea continues to provide autotools support, a portable interpreter 
for ppc and ppc64 support, plugin support, Web Start support and 
patches to integrate OpenJDK into Fedora. The IcedTea sources are 
included in the java-1.6.0-openjdk SRPM

> 
> One of the big advantages of loading Sun's Java is that it comes with 
> Java Web Start, which is not available from IcedTea.
> 
> If you want to test IcedTea's plugin to see if it is working, hit the 
> little "Home" image in the upper right corner of the how-to web.  
> That will take you to some sample Java programs and applets.


Cheers,
Lillian