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Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: BungleBob <bunglebob@thejungle.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Problems with latest Java RE update?? Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2024 17:55:00 +1200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 25 Message-ID: <v7i7rk$3vjod$1@dont-email.me> References: <v7i0kc$3ug63$1@dont-email.me> <EvOcnQCY-IX4EAH7nZ2dnZfqn_SdnZ2d@supernews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2024 07:55:02 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="4c40b0479f911ebec61783686096f990"; logging-data="4181773"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX184AoPLZnfNlf8nCghuYjExz4BZLDvlv88=" User-Agent: Unison/2.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:4xvru0G7wwcRYUsAhrK3ZxgdBYk= Bytes: 1984 On 2024-07-21 04:24:05 +0000, Tyrone said: > On Jul 20, 2024 at 11:51:40 PM EDT, "BungleBob" <bunglebob@thejungle.com> > wrote: >> >> The Java preference panel popped up a notice about an update today >> (Java RE 8 update 421 build 09), so I installed it, but it seems to be >> buggy. After installation, the control panel simply crashes every time >> you try to open it. >> >> I reinstalled the previous version (Java RE 8 update 371) and that is >> working fine. >> >> Looks like it might be a good idea to skip this latest update. > > I would not install Java on any computer I own. I would not use any software > that requires Java. > > Java is a nightmare of incompatible versions, as in "this app needs this > version of Java and that app needs that version of Java". > > Java is a relic of the past and is not needed today. Maybe, maybe not. Unfortunately there are still websites I need to use that do require the plugin and Oracle are still updating it.