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  • OpenJDK Proposes SecurityManager Deprecation

    The OpenJDK project has proposed JEP-411 as a means of deprecating the SecurityManager. If accepted, this would be the first step in a multi-year process in which the OpenJDK Quality Outreach Campaign can guide affected projects towards alternatives before anything is removed.

  • The End of Applets

    The Applet APIs are scheduled for removal six years after the plugin was removed from major browsers. The change will help notify applications that still link to the applet APIs, but tools are available to ease migration.

  • Oracle Reminds Java Developers That Soon They Won’t Have a Browser to Run Applets

    Oracle has recently published a new post in the series “Moving to a Plugin-Free Web,” advising developers to find replacement solutions if they still have Java applets running in production. Firefox is going to stop supporting them soon.

  • Oracle to Deprecate Java Browser Plugin in 2017

    Oracle has announced that it will deprecate the Java browser plugin as part of the JDK 9 release now expected in 2017. The deprecated technology will be completely removed from the Oracle Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in a future Java release, but Oracle is yet to indicate which one.

  • First Steps for Apache Pivot, Java-based RIA Framework

    Apache Pivot is an open source project, which attempts to create a modern, rich client development platform in Java. Pivot started off as an R&D effort at VMWare in 2007 and was released as an open-source project in June 2008 under the Apache 2.0 license. Pivot then joined the Apache Incubator in January 2009 and graduated as a top-level Apache project in December 2009.

  • Java SE 6 Update 10 is out but what does it deliver?

    After being in beta for about a year and having more than 1 million downloads, the Java SE 6 Update 10 (6u10) , dubbed the “Consumer JRE” has been released. With this release which is primarily focused on the Java Plug-In, Sun is trying to deliver on its promise for an enhanced rich client user experience and paves the way for the upcoming JavaFX Desktop 1.0.

  • Consumer JRE: Applets Meet Java Web Start

    The upcoming Consumer JRE brings Java Web Start technology to applets, allowing for more control and functionality for applet-based applications.

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