Google Chrome 42 disables NPAPI support by default, and Project Spartan lacks ActiveX support entirely. Both of these changes prevent the use of Java in either browser.

Indeed, the latest blow to the applet came on a highly commented reddit post that pointed out the Google Chrome web browser now blocks the Java applet plug-in and adds insult to injury by calling ...

The Netscape-era NPAPI is now off by default in Chrome 42. Read the whole story ...

Learn how to uninstall or disable Java on your Windows computer and how to disable Java plugin in Chrome, Firefox, ... To disable Java on your computer, open the Java applet from the Control Panel.

Oracle is taking the final step to rid the web of its terrible Java browser plugin. While the plugin started off life back in the ‘90s as an innocent way to bring app-like features to browsers ...

A million geeks just winced at that headline and are preparing patient explanations of the difference between a browser and a VM, but, as ZDNet's John Carroll very cogently points out, an awful ...

Although, due to the lack of NPAPI support, Java applets stopped working in Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, and other Chromium-based browsers, you can still install and run Java on Windows 11 PCs.

Apple today released updated versions of Java 6 for OS X, bringing additional improvements to security, reliability, and compatibility. This is a standard update to Java 6, which is distributed by ...

Chrome 42, released to the stable channel today, will take a big step toward pushing old browser plugins, including Java and Silverlight, off the Web. Those plugins use a 1990s-era API called ...

Java’s code-signing requirements have proven to be a bust, security researchers say, and now even longtime developers are losing faith in the programming language.