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Timothy Daniels

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Aug 5, 2009, 7:48:56 PM8/5/09
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I run Opera 10 on my WinXP Pro system, and it has Java 6, v15 installed,
and IE8 and FF3.5 list Java 6, v15 as a plug-in. But Opera does not.
Java and Plug-Ins are enabled for Opera, and Tools/Advanced/Java Console
lists Java 6, v15, but the list of plug-ins obtained with Tools/Advanced/Plug-Ins
does not list an Java plug-in. Should Java be listed as a Plug-In? If so, how
does one tell Opera to do that?

*TimDaniels*


Eirik Byrkjeflot Anonsen

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Aug 6, 2009, 3:52:11 AM8/6/09
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"Timothy Daniels" <NoS...@SpamMeKnot.biz> writes:

No, I'm pretty sure the list of plug-ins is limited to the netscape
plug-ins (and similar technologies, though I don't think we currently
support any). Since Opera runs java directly (through JNI), it
shouldn't show up there.

eirik

Timothy Daniels

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Aug 6, 2009, 2:23:06 PM8/6/09
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"Eirik Byrkjeflot Anonsen" wrote:

Java apparently runs an automatic check for updates because
I get notified when there is an update to Java. When this update
is installed, does this take care of the Java that Opera uses?

*TimDaniels*


Eirik Byrkjeflot Anonsen

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Aug 7, 2009, 2:44:40 AM8/7/09
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"Timothy Daniels" <NoS...@SpamMeKnot.biz> writes:

I would expect so. Assuming the java that gets updated is the same as
the java that opera is using, of course (which is trivially true if you
have only installed a single java...).

Since Opera's Java console prints out the java version, you should be
able to verify that Opera is using the correct version that way.

eirik

Timothy Daniels

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Aug 7, 2009, 7:17:58 PM8/7/09
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"Eirik Byrkjeflot Anonsen" wrote in message news:87hbwkx...@opera.com...

OK, now I see that the Java Console that Opera displays says
"Opera - Java Console" at the top, and not just "Java Console",
so Opera must be using the Java version that is displayed there.

*TimDaniels*


Eirik Byrkjeflot Anonsen

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Aug 10, 2009, 2:55:44 AM8/10/09
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"Timothy Daniels" <NoS...@SpamMeKnot.biz> writes:

Right. Also, I should have mentioned that the "java console" (from
menu->tools->advanced->java console) is itself implemented in java,
using the same java integration APIs that the browser is using for java
applets. So in order to display it at all, we will need to successfully
load and initialize java first.

eirik

Timothy Daniels

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Aug 10, 2009, 8:54:30 PM8/10/09
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"Eirik" skrev:
> [...] Also, I should have mentioned that the "java console" (from

> menu->tools->advanced->java console) is itself implemented in java,
> using the same java integration APIs that the browser is using for java
> applets. So in order to display it at all, we will need to successfully
> load and initialize java first.

Takk.

*Tim*


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