People can get the download at the Java.com site or at Sun's download site. Searches on Yahoo, Google and other sites for the plug-in are redirected to Sun's sites.

Java Web Start simplifies deployment of applications, but Sun's Plug-in makes the task even easier. See how the Java Plug-in from Sun enables browsers to fetch a Java Virtual Machine (JVM).

To view our interactive tools properly, you need to be using a Java-enabled browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer v.

News that Oracle plans to deprecate the Java browser plug-in in JDK 9 came as no surprise, as a growing number of browser vendors have either stopped supporting the plug-in or announced plans to do so ...

And the Java Plug-in, products from Marimba and BackWeb, and other proprietary client-side technologies might not have been necessary. Applets are still very much needed.

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

The best way to find out is to disable Java in your browser and re-enable it only if you encounter a site that prompts you to download Java before it will open. Then you can activate the Java plug ...

Note that Apple does have a Java plug-in reference in its CoreDeploy.bundle package, but in the latest update to Java 6 this plug-in is used to redirect users to download Java 7, so linking to it ...

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 ...

Sun disclosed a serious security flaw in its Java virtual machine software last month. The rare problem, which affects Sun's plug-in for running Java on a variety of Web browsers and operating ...