Java 1.4.1 Update 1 for Mac OS X

hrbrmstr writes "Regular updaters will already know, but Apple issued an update to Java today. It adds the following enhancements: improved Java applet support for Safari and other web browsers that support the Java Internet Plug-In; improved drawing correctness and performance; changes to Java 1.3.1 that provide support for Oracle11i client applications on Mac OS X; improved stability, memory usage, and correctness."

Comments

Java + OSX == happy

[psyconaut]

Apple had an appauling track record with Java until fairly recently, but OSX is a seriously nice platform for Java development now....at least for me :-)

-psy

Re:correctness?

[clem.dickey]

"Correct" is like "optimized." The unwashed masses think it is an absolute, but we CS elite know otherwise.

Re:1.4.1?

[The Herbaliser]

Because they're not Sun.

Re:correctness?

[notfancy]

You surely must be joking... or is it the late hour that impairs my sense of the ironic? Nevertheless, I'd like to advance a disclaim: I religiously perform my hygienic duties on every morn, so I resent your mention of the odorous populace.

What can I say to persuade you that "improved correctness" is Newspeak for "we fixed some bugs", which is more transparent but less palatable for a release note - become - press release?

Re:Do these updates let Hushmail work on OSX yet?

[Wesley Felter]

It sounds like Hushmail should write clean Java code.

Re:correctness?

[Oculus Habent]

Improved correctness may mean better adherence to the language. Rather than bug fixes, it may mean that 1.4.1 is more "correct" (i.e. compliant), just as Mozilla provides better "correctness" than IE at HTML rendering.