The Java Plug-in 5.0 documentation has this to say about that strange behavior: “If Mozilla and Netscape 7 are both installed and <APPLET> tag support for Mozilla and Netscape is disabled (unchecked), ...
Oracle will retire the Java browser plug-in, frequently the target of Web-based exploits, about a year from now. Remnants, however, will likely linger long after that. “Oracle plans to deprecate the ...
SAN FRANCISCO (10/18/2007) – With an eye toward both consumer and enterprise needs, Sun Microsystems is reworking the plug-in architecture of Java in an upcoming update to Java Platform Standard ...