Under Scripting, set Active scripting to Enable, and set Scripting of Java applets to Enable. Click OK to return the Security Settings, then click Apply, and then OK.

Scripting initiative would capitalize on languages widely used in Web applications and considered easier to use than Java.

However, scripting languages fall short if they are used to build large-scale or mission-critical applications, due to potential scalability and performance issues.

Having an open-source Java virtual machine--something Sun Microsystems said it intends to do--will foster better JVMs for scripting languages, Yared said.