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user2171669
user2171669

Reputation: 745

Chrome dropped Java support

I use Java applets in my application, today I surprisingly saw the redirect from my page and the next message from java

Java site message

In details I've read about Chrome dropping 'NPAPI' support

Recently, Google has revised their plans and now state that they plan to completely remove NPAPI by late 2015. As it is unclear if these dates will be further extended or not, we strongly recommend Java users consider alternatives to Chrome as soon as possible. Instead, we recommend Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari as longer-term options. As of April 2015, starting with Chrome Version 42, Google has added an additional step to configuring NPAPI based plugins like Java to run — see the section Enabling NPAPI in Chrome Version 42 and later below.

So will it be handled by Java somehow or it is the death of my applet in the next year ?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 1979

Answers (4)

Mithat Bozkurt
Mithat Bozkurt

Reputation: 543

I saw a demonstration that A Plugin written in Pepper API (PPAPI) can launch an executable and communicate with it. Oracle says at here " This change does not affect Web Start applications, it only impacts applets." But the problem is that browser downloads jnlp file but doesn't launch it. User has to click that jnlp file (of course .jnlp file association should be OK).

I think Oracle write a plugin to launch Web Start application and communicate with it for sending cookie etc. If It is written Applets can convert to Web Start applications with less effort.

Upvotes: 1

Gabriel
Gabriel

Reputation: 117

Java applets are not dead. There are a lot of intranet web applications that use them, for instance, for digital signature with applet-javascript-web page interaction. Other option is migration to Firefox.

Upvotes: 2

Andrew Thompson
Andrew Thompson

Reputation: 168825

So will it be handled by Java somehow ..

If they found a way, that would be a bug in Chrome (that would quickly be fixed).

..or it is the death of my applet in the next year ?

Yep. Not that they were really that 'healthy' for a long time now.

Upvotes: 2

sohan nohemy
sohan nohemy

Reputation: 615

As of Chrome Version 42, an additional configuration step is required to continue using NPAPI plugins.

In your URL bar, enter: chrome://flags/#enable-npapi Click the Enable link for the Enable NPAPI configuration option. Click the Relaunch button that now appears at the bottom of the configuration page.

Upvotes: 3

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