Java 9 - JRE / JDK Released

[+Eternal Tempest MVC]

(Java is not Javascript)

 

Oracle has released Java 9 JRE & JDK

 

Important Changes

• NO browser plugin support
• So far, 64bit support only

 

It can be installed on top of Java 8 and it will use it for browser plugin (IE or Safari ONLY).

Edge, Chrome, Firefox removed the NPAPI plugin support which Java JRE used. 

 

Download Link

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

 

 

[remco8264]

Are you sure that the plugin is removed yet? This page says:

 

Oracle has deprecated the Java browser plugin in Java Standard Edition Development Kit 9 (JDK 9). Deprecation is a warning for developers to stop using this technology. JRE 9 will continue to provide the Java Plugin and support launching applets on browsers that still offer standard plugin support, but is only available for limited use and not recommended. This browser plugin will be removed from the Oracle JDK and JRE in a future Java SE release.

 

 

[+Eternal Tempest MVC]

  On 22/09/2017 at 17:22, remco8264 said:

Are you sure that the plugin is removed yet? This page says:

 

Oracle has deprecated the Java browser plugin in Java Standard Edition Development Kit 9 (JDK 9). Deprecation is a warning for developers to stop using this technology. JRE 9 will continue to provide the Java Plugin and support launching applets on browsers that still offer standard plugin support, but is only available for limited use and not recommended. This browser plugin will be removed from the Oracle JDK and JRE in a future Java SE release.

 

 

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I ran the java check site from IE and it was using 8 update 144.

I may have to a bit more testing.

 

(edit) 

 

Removed java 8 from pc, and tried java check website and got the following error:

 

Edited September 22, 2017 by Eternal Tempest

[remco8264]

I think that's because IE runs in 32-bit mode by default. So it searches for the 32-bit plugin (Java 8). I get the same thing:

 

 

However I did manage to find a 32-bit version of Java 9: http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/9+181/jre-9_windows-x86_bin.exe

 

That one is recognized by IE, but you get a new deprecated warning:

 

 

 

The Control Panel lists these versions as installed:

 

[PGHammer]

The reason for the deprecation is that everybody under the moon (let alone sun) is being driven away from Java usage in browsers for security reasons (including Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, etc.) - there are several postings in the Neowin archives concerning this.  (The only reason I use the JDK at all is due to Android Studio.)