After years of bad press caused by security problems associated with the component, Oracle is eliminating the Java browser plug-in in its JDK 9 release.

Java has a major competitive advantage that .NET lacks: the ability to safely run on-line demos, via both Java WebStart (JWS) and applets. The fact that this isn’t already being leveraged in an ...

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