Apple's latest Java update requires you periodically enable the Java plug-in manually. Here is how this works in OS X.

If you do need it, unplug it from the browser unless and until you need it. Java 7 lets users disable Java content in web browsers through the Java control panel applet.

Fourth, the Java Security Manager, which provides support for running applets by sandboxing untrusted downloaded code, will be removed with the JDK 24 release in March.

Java’s rapid rise to fame 20 years ago began with a tumbling duke applet running in the HotJava browser, long before Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome were released.

A Java update for Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7 sets Java applets to not run automatically on all browsers, expanding a feature that was first introduced to Safari in April.

When used with ODS, procedures GCHART, GCONTOUR, GMAP, GPLOT, and G3D enable you to specify DEVICE=JAVA on a GOPTIONS statement to generate graphs that are Java applets. These same procedures enable ...