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.

Google and Microsoft have already taken steps to remove support for plugins like Java from their Chrome and Edge (respectively) browsers, and Mozilla has also announced plans to remove support for ...

Oracle is still deprecating the Java plugin when it releases Java 9, and removing it entirely at some point after that date. Both Edge and Chrome have already nuked browser support for Java from ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Java plug-in is known for being a huge security vulnerability, with at least one report calling it the biggest risk to computers in the US. It's the end of an era for sure -- your browser won ...

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 ...

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 ...

With the plug-in platform ... and features a services layer based on Java and a database, a presentation layer with HTTPD, and an edge device component, covering desktops to phones to TVs.

The Skype team says it’s also working on a plugin-free version of Skype for Business for Edge users ... to install a plugin or muck around with a Java applet (as is the case now), but you ...