From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 18 00:24:48 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A7542C3 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:24:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@grem.de) Received: from mail.grem.de (outcast.grem.de [213.239.217.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D14FAF2B for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:24:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 57685 invoked by uid 89); 18 Jan 2013 00:24:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO bsd64.grem.de) (mg@grem.de@79.251.27.102) by mail.grem.de with ESMTPA; 18 Jan 2013 00:24:39 -0000 Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 01:24:38 +0100 From: Michael Gmelin To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: www/opera ISSUE Java Plugin missing Message-ID: <20130118012438.66b84bc1@bsd64.grem.de> In-Reply-To: <1358468373919-5778675.post@n5.nabble.com> References: <1358468373919-5778675.post@n5.nabble.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:24:48 -0000 On Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:19:33 -0800 (PST) Jakub Lach wrote: > People actually still use browser java plug-ins/ they actually work? > > Life never ceases to amaze. > > Seriously though, I see no place for them in modern operating > systems at all. Awful security record, as well as required only > by obsolete and broken by design things. > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://freebsd.1045724.n5.nabble.com/www-opera-ISSUE-Java-Plugin-missing-tp5778625p5778675.html > Sent from the freebsd-ports mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To > unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Java plug-ins are horrible indeed, unfortunately some entities - especially business banking - don't get it and still deliver new applications written for Java-plugins (this happened to us recently, the original version of the software was HTML and the updated version is in Java now, it's slow like hell and with all the security leaks around it's a nightmare to administer people's machines to run dual browser setups etc.). For Joe Consumer it's fortunately mostly gone now. -- Michael Gmelin