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.

Google removed the technology needed for Java applets in September, and Microsoft’s latest Windows 10 operating system shipped with its Edge browser six months ago without support for plugins ...

Messing around installing plug-ins or waiting for Java applets to load is never ideal when you've got friends or family to catch up with on Skype, but Microsoft is at hand to take the sting out of ...