Dalibor Topic, a member of Oracle's Java Strategy Team, posted the news on the Java Platform Group blog. "With modern browser vendors working to restrict and reduce plug-in support in their products," ...

Citing security and market forces as primary factors, Oracle said it will drop support for the Java browser plug-in in JDK 9.

In the wake of popular Internet browsers Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari ceasing NPAPI web plug-in support, Oracle has finally accepted that its troublesome Java plug-in is dead and gone, announcing ...

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 ...

Oracle is taking the final step to rid the web of its terrible Java browser plugin. While the plugin started off life back in the ‘90s as an innocent way to bring app-like features to browsers ...

Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge have all either killed support for plugins, or announced that they’re going to do so in the near future, leaving no room to support the Java plugin.

Next year, the Java browser plug-in, which is frequently the target of Web-based exploits, will be retired by Oracle.

Next year, the Java browser plug-in, which is frequently the target of Web-based exploits, will be retired by Oracle.

Current plans call for the plug-in technology to be turned on via a switch in the Java control panel. Sun also delved into other features planned for Java SE 6 Update N.