firefox java plugins

[Antonio Olivares]

--- Adam Huffman <bloch at verdurin.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 07 Oct 2007, Will Woods wrote:
> 
> > 
> > On Sun, 2007-10-07 at 08:09 -0700, David wrote:
> > > I'm using firefox in f8t3 and trying to view web
> pages with java.
> > > I was hoping the plugin would be installed by
> default or install easily, 
> > > but I'm having problems. Is the new icedtea
> stuff supposed to enable 
> > > java support in firefox, or do I still need to
> install something from Sun? 
> > > If I have to install Sun stuff, is there a
> documented procedure for f8? 
> > 
> > You'll need the icedtea browser plugin - the
> package is called
> > java-1.7.0-icedtea-plugin. It should be installed
> by default. Check
> > "about:plugins" in Firefox to confirm.
> > 
> > Note that it's not 100% compatible with the Sun
> plugin yet, but it's
> > close. One big missing thing appears to be sound -
> see here for details:
> >
>
http://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
> > 
> > Here's an example java game that works: 
> > http://www.lalena.com/games/Pyramid.aspx
> > 
> 
> Is this expected to work on rawhide?  I've installed
> the icedtea browser
> plugin but it doesn't appear in Firefox's list and
> that example game
> doesn't work.
> 
> 
> Adam
> 
> -- 

Try it on the Geometry Applet from Euclid's Elements

http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/usingApplet.html

For me, it is working beautifully!  I hope that it
does for you as well, otherwise follow Rahul's advice
and file a bug report against the package.  

Check to see that it is enabled by typing in the
address bar

about:plugins

Regards,

Antonio 


       
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