It’s hard to say exactly when Java browser plugins will fully disappear, but if you’re using a modern web browser like Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome then you’re already one step ahead.

Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge have all either killed support for plugins, or announced that they’re going to do so in the near future, leaving no room to support the Java plugin.

Essentially, Edge users can now make one-to-one and ... developers of applications that rely on the Java browser plugin need to consider alternative options such as migrating from Java Applets ...

like Java and Silverlight, use the old Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI) standard. Microsoft’s Edge browser doesn’t support plug-ins either. With Internet Explorer and ...

showing once again how Apple is on the cutting edge of development. To run a Java applet from within a browser, the browser must permit the Java plug-in to be installed. As browser makers turn ...

Oracle says that it's discontinuing its Java browser plugin starting with the next big ... but the newer Microsoft Edge browser does not. With Microsoft dropping support for old versions of ...

The much-maligned Java browser plugin, source of so many security flaws over the years, is to be killed off by Oracle. It will not be mourned. Oracle, which acquired Java as part of its 2010 ...