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Date:      Mon, 5 Aug 2002 13:06:29 -0700
From:      Mike Erickson <mee@quidquam.com>
To:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Java plugin with Opera possible?
Message-ID:  <20020805200629.GF36188@quidquam.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020805201800.A376@fishballoon.dyndns.org>
References:  <20020805135340.N201-100000@lewis.ncia.net> <001c01c23ca9$e40508f0$417719d1@powersurge.net> <20020805201800.A376@fishballoon.dyndns.org>

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* Scott Mitchell (scott.mitchell@mail.com) wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 05, 2002 at 12:59:46PM -0500, Adam Ryan wrote:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Since the issue was on plugins and getting things to work, does anyone
> > know how to get java script and java libraries to work with opera?
> > 
> > Adam
> 
> I think I just installed the java/linux-sun-jdk13 port, then added
> /usr/local/linux-jdk1.3.1/jre/plugin/i386/ns4 to Opera's plugin search
> path.  The list of installed plugins as displayed by Opera doesn't always
> match reality, but most Java applets I've come across since I installed the
> plugin work well enough.
> 
> JavaScript support is built in to Opera, although you may need to enable it
> on the 'Multimedia' preferences panel.  Opera's JS implementation seems to
> have different bugs to anyone else's, so sites that are optimised for IE or
> Netscape-specific breakage still might not work too well.

According to a message from opera on their linux website forum, the
netscape Java plugin doesn't work properly (according to opera) and the
other browsers use built-in java support to work around this (including
netscape -- go figure). It also says that opera will probably also move
towards built-in java support in the future, and that there is no
guarenteed way to get java to work with opera right now.

mike (mouse gesture and open-in-background feature addict)


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