After years of bad press caused by security problems associated with the component, Oracle is eliminating the Java browser plug-in in its JDK 9 release.

If initial experiments are any indication, the team working on the Java Browser Edition (now called the Java Kernel) will be straying quite a bit from what users really need. What they need is a ...

Now is the time to disable Java in your web browser, or even remove it from your system if that is practical. Why? The bad guys are hard at work trying to exploit a zero day vulnerability in the ...

Citing security and market forces as primary factors, Oracle said it will drop support for the Java browser plug-in in JDK 9.

jig.jp (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director/President/CEO: Taisuke Fukuno), which conceived, developed and sold the “jig browser”, the first Java full browser for viewing of PC sites from ...

The company has acknowledged that browser makers are moving away from standards-based plug-in support – or indeed have already moved away – and is waving the white flag for Java.

When people talk about Java being insecure, they're talking about the browser plug-in. Java apps themselves aren't inherently insecure, it's the browser plug-in that causes problems.

I blogged earlier about how the component marketplaces for Delphi and .NET make the Java equivalent look virtually non-existent. In looking for someone or something to blame, some may point to the ...