Lion breaks Java applets; any way to get them to work again?

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Lion breaks Java applets; any way to get them to work again?

Under Lion, there are lots of Java applets that I can't get to work. For instance, most of these just show solid white:

http://www-evasion.imag.fr/~Francois.Faure/enseignement/ressources/java/demo/jav a3d/

I can tell that they're loading, because a few of them produce console output I can see in Java Console. Also, a few of them display some GUI elements. But mostly, they're blank. I've encountered lots of other applets, not Java3D, which also don't work. There's a lot of code rot going on due to Apple abandoning Java on the Mac and Oracle not picking it up.

I just wanted to know if anyone knew of any tweaks I could make to the system to get these to work.

I do, of course, have Java applets enabled in Java Preferences.

Thanks!

Posted on Feb 9, 2012 4:31 PM

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baltwo

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Feb 9, 2012 6:16 PM in response to theosib

According to that page, the plug in only works w/windoze and solaris. I don't see anything remotely supporting Mac OS X.

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theosib Author

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Feb 10, 2012 6:08 AM in response to baltwo

That's not the point. This is Java. It's SUPPOSED to work anywhere there's a JVM. I'm fully aware that that isn't as true as James Gosling had wanted it, but if something, which uses standard Java libraries, doesn't work, then that means something is wrong.

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