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[Discuss] Is there a supported browser for Linux that still runs Java applets? (also Flash)
- Subject: [Discuss] Is there a supported browser for Linux that still runs Java applets? (also Flash)
- From: dsr at randomstring.org (Dan Ritter)
- Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2017 11:35:51 -0400
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On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 11:23:24AM -0400, Bill Bogstad wrote: > As the web marches on, older technologies fall by the wayside. Java applets > seem to be one of them. All the major browsers seem to have stopped > supporting them at this point. Unfortunately, this can result in > broken systems. For me, my biggest use case is an older all-in-one > printer from Lexmark that uses a java applet to enable its scan to PC > functionality in a browser. I seem to recall that java applets were > even used to support enterprise level hardware at one point. Is this > an issue that other people are having? Any suggestions on how to > maintain browser/java applet support going forward on a Linux system? > I'm not looking for a solution that will let me use the same browser > for all of my web browsing. Just something which will continue to > work as I apply "mandatory" security upgrades to my systems. (i.e. > the latest browser updates) You can get one of the firefox-esr series and use it indefinitely, as long as you don't upgrade it. Oracle themselves is disavowing java plugins, with official EOL announced but not specified. > Oh, same question about Flash. It isn't quite as dead as Java > applets, but it is pretty clear that it is on its way out. There > islots of kid oriented content out there that was created using Flash > that is going to die when it goes away. My biggest use case is MIT's > Scratch project. They switched to implementing Scratch in Flash some > years ago. My kids are avid scratchers and I'm worried that they may > lose access in the near future. Unfortunately, I've been unable to > find anything on the Scratch web site about plans to deal with Flash > becoming unusable. In the modern Scratch world everything is done on > their web site so this could be a real problem for their kid/teen > oriented user base. Thoughts/solutions? https://scratch.mit.edu/developers shows several projects to avoid Flash. Dunno how well they work. -dsr-
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