Do I have to install the the whole Java applet to get Java web pages to load?

[Shagga]

Why is it that IE doesn't require the whole Java installation yet Mozilla Firefox does?

 

[MrChad]

What exactly are you talking about? I wasn't aware of a "small" Java plug-in versus a "large" plug-in. Are you referring to Mozilla's use of the Sun JVM?

 

[arsbanned]

So, use IE. *shrug* You're wrong though. IE requires a Java installation too. But hey, whatever. Use IE!

 

[AFB]

Yeah, Your version of IE alreasy has it installed. It isn't some how magical.

 

[Shagga]

Originally posted by: MrChad
What exactly are you talking about? I wasn't aware of a "small" Java plug-in versus a "large" plug-in. Are you referring to Mozilla's use of the Sun JVM?

Sorry, perhaps I should explain. I never downloaded the plugin from SUN for IE. So, the plugin must have come from a windows update at some point. I am assuming if it didn't then the plugin was installed without me knowing...

Originally posted by: arsbanned
So, use IE. *shrug* You're wrong though. IE requires a Java installation too. But hey, whatever. Use IE!

Yes I know and I have always used IE. However, I'm starting to like Firefox and that tabbed browsing is excellent.

Originally posted by: amdfanboy
Yeah, Your version of IE alreasy has it installed. It isn't some how magical.

Emm....credit me with some sense please.

 

[MrChad]

Microsoft used to include its own Java VM with IE. After a lawsuit from Sun and a settlement, Microsoft pulled Java from IE beginning somewhere around SP4 for Windows 2000 and SP1 for Windows XP.

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If you had the VM already installed, the service pack did not explicitly remove the Microsoft VM. Any new installs with XP SP1+ or 2000 SP4 slipstreamed will need to download the Sun plug-in for Java support.