Java Web Start simplifies deployment of applications, but Sun's Plug-in makes the task even easier. See how the Java Plug-in from Sun enables browsers to fetch a Java Virtual Machine (JVM).

Six years have passed since I wrote “Plug into Java with Java Plug-in” for JavaWorld. My earlier article defined Java Plug-in, showed how to install version 1.2 for Netscape Communicator 4.5 ...

In addition, Java.com receives a large amount of traffic from Microsoft, which is in the top 10 list of sites that redirect inquiries for a Java plug-in to Sun, Miller said.

News that Oracle plans to deprecate the Java browser plug-in in JDK 9 came as no surprise, as a growing number of browser vendors have either stopped supporting the plug-in or announced plans to do so ...

This information from Apple is incorrect. In Leopard, the Java plug-in is an alias to a core system location for Java resources instead of being a standalone plug-in, as we briefly described in a ...

Apple has updated its Web plug-in blacklist to include all but the most recent versions of Java.

New security vulnerability bypasses the Java plug-in's protection Java’s new security settings, designed to block drive-by browser attacks, can be bypassed by hackers, a researcher announced Sunday.

Now that Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari stopped or will soon stop supporting NPAPI web plug-ins*, Oracle thought it best to accept the Java plug-in's fate and let it go. The company has ...

Plug-ins can open vulnerabilities in even relatively secure browsers like Chrome. Even coders, like Jeff Atwood, can fall victim. Here's how to reign in plug-ins like Java, or disable them ...

News that Oracle plans to deprecate the Java browser plug-in in JDK 9 came as no surprise, as a growing number of browser vendors have either stopped supporting the plug-in or announced plans to do so ...