[DG: Open Forum] Java/Applet/Browser Question

[D. Stuart Freeman]

I've had that happen on Linux when I had 2 different versions of the java
plugin installed in 2 of the various directories that firefox reads
plugins from. There's also a checkbox in the firefox preferences under
"Content" that's labeled "Enable Java".

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 01:10:08PM -0400, csev wrote:
>    A colleague of mine sent me this question and of course it worked on my
>    browser.  Is there something folks might have done long ago in their
>    browser (answering some question "no" a long time ago) that would get a
>    browser in a state that it would have Java installed but somehow unable to
>    run a simple applet?
>    [1]http://collemc.people.si.umich.edu/SI543/CircleTester/
>    Thanks.
>    /Chuck
>    On Sep 23, 2010, at 12:36 PM, Colleen van Lent wrote:
> 
>      Hi Chuck,
> 
>      Are you a Mac user?  I am not and I have trouble with students not being
>      able to run applets from their browsers.  Currently about 1/2 the Mac
>      users in the class can access this site:
> 
>      [2]http://collemc.people.si.umich.edu/SI543/CircleTester/
> 
>      and the others can't.  I have doublechecked that the Java plug-in is
>      enabled and also tried different browsers (Firexfox, Safari, and IE). 
>      Do you have any insights?  Do you know anyone they or I can ask?
> 
>      Thanks,
> 
>      Colleen
> 
> References
> 
>    Visible links
>    1. http://collemc.people.si.umich.edu/SI543/CircleTester/
>    2. http://collemc.people.si.umich.edu/SI543/CircleTester/

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D. Stuart Freeman
Georgia Institute of Technology
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