Client side Java needs to go away

nadnerB

Seriously needs to go away...

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If there is one 'technology' that I consistently despise, it's client side Java.
It's like someone put swiss cheese into words and mixed it with refrigerated molasses.

Not only is it full of holes but it's aggravatingly slow and sticky.

stacksofplates

@scottalanmiller said:

That's just ridiculous!! How many devices don't even support that anymore? Is there even a Java plugin for Chromebooks?

Nope. Google disabled java in chrome earlier this year. You could set a flag to allow it, but I think that was phased out sometime around September.

stacksofplates

Aaand from Firefox

scottalanmiller

That's what I thought. This is becoming a rather serious challenge for anyone trying to actually use Java in a browser in any significant way.

Dashrender

@scottalanmiller said:

That's what I thought. This is becoming a rather serious challenge for anyone trying to actually use Java in a browser in any significant way.

Like older HP switches, etc. All of my 8 year old switches require Java

scottalanmiller

Old ilO too.

stacksofplates

Silverlight, Java, and Unity are affected. https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/6213033?hl=en

Plugins that use PPAPI still work.

Reid Cooper

So basically Java on the client side is nearly gone, but not from the things that need to be accessed but from everything that needs to access them.

Dashrender

@Reid-Cooper said:

So basically Java on the client side is nearly gone, but not from the things that need to be accessed but from everything that needs to access them.

that's at least the desire - proving to not be the actual case though.

MattSpeller

@Dashrender said:

@scottalanmiller said:

That's what I thought. This is becoming a rather serious challenge for anyone trying to actually use Java in a browser in any significant way.

Like older HP switches, etc. All of my 8 year old switches require Java

And how - ours also have the wifi controller modules which REQUIRE java v4 or something ancient and super sketchy

stacksofplates

@MattSpeller said:

@Dashrender said:

@scottalanmiller said:

That's what I thought. This is becoming a rather serious challenge for anyone trying to actually use Java in a browser in any significant way.

Like older HP switches, etc. All of my 8 year old switches require Java

And how - ours also have the wifi controller modules which REQUIRE java v4 or something ancient and super sketchy

The ridiculously awful cable company that I've mentioned I worked for in FL used Calix for their infrastructure. It was managed by a Java app.

RojoLoco

@scottalanmiller said:

Old ilO too.

...all old and current iDRAC.