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Date:      Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:57:53 -0600
From:      "Joseph A. Nagy, Jr" <jnagyjr1978@gmail.com>
To:        Jakub Lach <jakub_lach@mailplus.pl>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: www/opera ISSUE Java Plugin missing
Message-ID:  <50F8BA31.8090709@gmail.com>
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On 01/17/13 18:19, 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.
<snip>

Such as Opera? Regardless of your thoughts on java plugins vs. directly 
calling the run-time environment.

If the Opera developers decided to go the plug-in route instead of using 
the JRE directly, there isn't much else to be done except use the 
plug-in if you want Java support.

-- 
Yours in Christ,

Joseph A Nagy Jr
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