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Firefox's Blocked-By-Default Java Isn't Going Down Well

Posted by Soulskill on from the teaching-grandma-to-click-through-dialog-boxes dept.

JG0LD writes "The Firefox web browser will, henceforth, require users to manually activate Java objects on sites that they visit, Mozilla has confirmed. This even affects up-to-date versions of Java, which you can see on the block list. The change is aimed at improving security and moving away from a dependence on proprietary plug-ins, but critics say it will cause untold headaches for developers, admins and less-technical end-users. "

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  1. Re:Headaches for developers? by BitterOak · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Because Java allows native access to USB hardware.

    Maybe that's a darn good reason for requiring people to authorize Java applets manually!

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