Oracle plans to eliminate the Java browser plugin
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Big changes are in the works for the world's second most popular programming language. Following Mozilla's announcement that its Firefox browser will not support most NPAPI plugins by the end of 2016, Oracle revealed yesterday that it plans to deprecate its popular Java browser plugin in the next development kit. The plugin will disappear entirely from the Oracle JDK and JRE in the near future.
Oracle indicates that this change has been motivated largely by the popularity of mobile devices. Web browsers for mobile devices typically lack support for plugins , and Oracle thinks browser makers like Mozilla would rather unify the features available ...