Google Chrome 42 disables NPAPI support by default, and Project Spartan lacks ActiveX support entirely. Both of these changes prevent the use of Java in either browser.

The latest release of the Chrome web browser, version 42, will block Oracle's Java plugin by default as well as other extensions that use the deprecated NPAPI. The Chrome 42 – available now – brings ...

Java gets browser eviction notices from Spartan and Chrome 42 Google has now disabled NPAPI (Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface) support in Chrome 42 and it will be completely removed ...

Google today released the latest version of its web browser Chrome 42 and blocked NPAPI based plugins and extensions including Java and Silverlight.

The old Java plugin for Chrome that let you run java applets (basically simple java programs) in a web browser circa 2003 is going away, but that was basically dead anyway.

The disabling of this feature will mean a large impact to several extensions and plugins that are available for the browser, such as Java. Chrome will now refuse to run the Java plugin as default.

Oracle has finally announced its intent to nail the coffin shut on its Java browser plugin.