The second is a change to how OS X handles Java, in which the system will now keep the Java plug-in disabled until it is needed. This will appear for applets if you do not have Java enabled.

Confusion about Java web technologies: Javascript, JSP, Java Servlet, Java Applets: Which is good for what?? KwamiMatrix Jun 9, 2003 Jump to latest Follow Reply ...

When used with ODS, procedures GCHART, GCONTOUR, GMAP, GPLOT, and G3D enable you to specify DEVICE=JAVA on a GOPTIONS statement to generate graphs that are Java applets. These same procedures enable ...

An impending update to Java might sound like just an incremental release, based on its cumbersome naming: Java Platform Standard Edition 6 Update 10 (Java SE 6 u10). But the upgrade actually ...

I'm sorry this is ignorant, but I'm floundering here.I'm adapting a java app (well, the beginnings of an app) to work as an applet, for easier accessibility. One of the problems that I've hit is ...

Rob Griffiths explains how to disable Java in many popular OS X browsers, to protect yourself from the recently-revealed Java applet security hole.

Unfortunately, the getApplet method only returns applets on the same HTML page as the calling applet, limiting the ways you can build interesting interfaces with applet-to-applet communication.

A Java update for Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7 sets Java applets to not run automatically on all browsers, expanding a feature that was first introduced to Safari in April.