Wheres Java gone?

[sjn78]

I just got a new computer with XP Pro with service pack 1A and websites that use java won't work. I have XP Pro with service pack 1 on another machine and the sites work.

 

I have looked a little around on the internet about this and it seems you have to get Java yourself as Microsoft aren't packaging it anymore...is that right?

 

I did find something on Sun Microsystems site to download and I did, but the pages display differently than they use to.

 

Anyway, who else has found this and what have you done, or is it me not installing something obscure that I didn't see?

[mutant]

Microsoft doesn't bundle Java with any new OS anymore because of legal issues with Sun (which in my opinion hurts Sun more than helps them :)). You can download the newest version of Java from http://www.java.com.

[sjn78]

Thats the one I installed. Think the software you get is a bit of overkill just to get a browser plugin working though.

[Banjo]

All the legal wrangling is particularly amusing now since MS and Sun have just signed a cross licensing deal that will make Java available to MS again, if they want it.

[Nerseus]

Ever since I "upgraded" to use Sun's java virtual machine, my browsing experience has drastically declines when Java is needed. When I try and run Yahoo Pool (Billiards, free version through Yahoo.com), all the fonts are SO small.

 

I'm sure MS's version wasn't perfect, just what I got used... I hate change (sometimes)!

 

-ner

[Cassio]

Since I upgraded to Sun´s JVM the web ICQ keeps crashing and freezing. So I had to download ICQ and install it on my machine. :mad:

[sjn78]

I found the yahoo games to be the same, but some other sites the font has increased to a size where it makes it difficult to read.....as in the text doesn't fit in listboxes etc.

 

Some sites won't even work. I get a security warning as you used to, but this is java's warning and you accept it and it still won't work.