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When are you going to bring Java back to firefox?

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I miss playing Java games on Pogo Bring Java back to Mozilla Firefox please Let the people have the choices.

I miss playing Java games on Pogo Bring Java back to Mozilla Firefox please Let the people have the choices.

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rebels01 said

Sorry but I only use Mozilla Firefox. Why don't you give the people the choice of Java? Than say never.

Hello rebels01,

I totally understand your disappointment .....

If you only need Java to play Pogo games, you could use the portable Firefox 52.9.0 ESR - it will not interfere with your
Firefox release version and profile :

https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox-portable-legacy-52

Would that be an option for you  ? At least you'd be able to play your favorite games ....

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Never. Java (and other plugins) are a huge issue and most popular internet browsers discontinued support for them long ago.

More info can be found here:

Modified by Wesley Branton

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Internet Explorer 11, which probably is available on Windows 8.1, still runs Java games. Have you tried it?

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Sorry but I only use Mozilla Firefox. Why don't you give the people the choice of Java? Than say never.

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Even Oracle has been in process of discounting their ever vulnerable Java Plugin for a long time as it is not with Java 9.


https://www.java.com/en/download/faq/jdk9_plugin.xml https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/java-se-support-roadmap.html

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/npapi-plugins

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rebels01 said

Sorry but I only use Mozilla Firefox. Why don't you give the people the choice of Java? Than say never.

Hello rebels01,

I totally understand your disappointment .....

If you only need Java to play Pogo games, you could use the portable Firefox 52.9.0 ESR - it will not interfere with your
Firefox release version and profile :

https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox-portable-legacy-52

Would that be an option for you  ? At least you'd be able to play your favorite games ....

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Thank you McCoy. Better than nothing.

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rebels01 said

Thank you McCoy.
Better than nothing.

My pleasure (and : you're right)