On Saturday 16 December 2006 14:05, James Wilkinson wrote: >Carroll Grigsby wrote: >> OK -- here's one that I visit when the weather gets unsettled: >> http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=RAX&product=N0R&overlay=1110111 >>1&loop=yes >> This site seems to be properly reproduced with the Sun Java package Java(TM) Plug-in 1.5.0_10-b03 installed here, FC6, athlon(i686), FF=1.5.0.8 >> It doesn't work -- at least for me -- with the Firefox package; all I >> get is a popup directing me to the Sun site. I'm in the process of >> tweaking a new install of FC6 x86-64, and being able to access the >> above page is on my to-do list. > >That page says > Java is necessary for radar looping and is best optimized using > Java version 1.4.2 or higher. > >It even puts "Java" in bold. So it's not talking about Javascript: as >has been explained, that is something quite different and unfortunately >named. > >The version of Java in FC6 does not include a "sandbox", which would >limit Java applets' ability to do stuff like read your hard disk or make >new network connections. For this reason, it's not used for Web applets >by default. > >So you will either need to use Sun's Java or something called >gcjwebplugin. More details are available at >http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/JavaFAQ#head-b241ab56b127581540c088f61 >c2905d37ecb54a9 > >I'd better stress again -- it is *not* *safe* to use gcjwebplugin on Web >sites you don't *fully* trust. At the moment, it only supports a >traditional Microsoft Internet Explorer-style "head in the sand" >approach to security -- it *assumes* that bad things won't happen. > >Hope this helps, > >James. > >-- >E-mail: james@ | If infinite rednecks fired infinite shotguns at an >aprilcottage.co.uk | infinite number of road signs, they'd eventually > > | create all the great literary works of the world. > | In braille. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
