Citing security and market forces as primary factors, Oracle said it will drop support for the Java browser plug-in in JDK 9.

The Java plugin isn’t dead immediately: it will be deprecated in the next release of the Java Developer Kit, which is a fancier way of saying Oracle will sweep it under the rug, ...

Oracle has decided that keeping its Java plug-in for browsers is completely pointless. The outfit has said that it will remove its browser plug-in from future Java releases, basically because most ...

Oracle will retire the Java browser plug-in, frequently the target of Web-based exploits, about a year from now. Remnants, however, will likely linger long after that. “Oracle plans to deprecate ...

In these folders, locate and move any Java-related plug-in, which can be called "JavaPluginCocoa.bundle" or "JavaAppletPlugin.plugin," to another location, such as your desktop.

Now that Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari stopped or will soon stop supporting NPAPI web plug-ins*, Oracle thought it best to accept the Java plug-in's fate and let it go. The company has ...

Java for OS X 2012-006 delivers improved security, reliability, and compatibility by updating Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_37. This update uninstalls the Apple-provided Java applet plug-in from all web ...

Applets may no longer be in vogue, but opinions vary whether Oracle's Java Web Start is a viable alternative Oracle’s plan to dump its Java browser plug-in came as no surprise to two ISVs in the ...

Java plug-in maker Oracle has said that a fix to a major security vulnerability will be available "shortly," after U.S. Homeland Security warned to disable the software.

Browser vendors are moving away from plug-ins. Now Oracle is encouraging developers to migrate Java Applets to the plug-in free Java Web Start technology. Topics Spotlight: New Thinking about ...

Mozilla has blacklisted unpatched versions of the Java plug-in from Firefox on Windows in order to protect its users from attacks that exploit known vulnerabilities in those versions.