Should Java be running on my Mavericks machine?
I thought that, for security reasons, you shouldn't run Java on an Apple computer these days. Is this the case? (I do mean Java and not JavaScript). I ask because I've found it on my Mavericks machine (OSX v.10.9.5). There are mostly empty folders for it in Library (except for something called CoreDeploy.bundle), but there are actual files in System\Library, they being:
libQTJNative.jnilib
MRJToolkit.jar
QTJava.zip
I'm asking because earlier today I tried to run an Internet speedchecker at my ISP's website and it failed to do so and resulted in crashing the browser (Safari 7.1.8). I wondered whether perhaps, at that time, it'd attempted to install Java on my Mac.
Anyone know anything about this? Are those above-mentioned files legit? Is it ever recommended to run Java on OSX 10.9.5?
iMac (27-inch, Late 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)