On 02/01/2013 09:26 PM, stephen barncard wrote:
And they've dropped support and announced to everyone (yesterday) that it's
not secure.
Sounds like the beginning of the end of Java to me....
Apple may well have done that, but as they represent a smallish
proportion of people using Java globally
I would doubt it is the end of it.
Reading this :
http://www.macrumors.com/2013/01/31/apple-once-again-blocks-java-7-web-plug-in/
makes things seem less black-and-white than perhaps one has been led to
believe.
one of the commentators has this to say; "Flash, Java, what's next?
Internet access to Apple approved sites only?"
And there does seem to be a case for believing that Apple is getting too
bossy and nanny-stateish about what
is good for its end-users.
It behaves in exactly the same way with its Appl-store.
If this were the way to go (increasingly dictatorial control) why would
the people "we know and love", i.e. RunRev, be going in what
is almost the opposite direction?
Of course a nasty person somewhere round here (no, surely not?) might
suggest that RunRev tried the "one-size-fits-all"
route after the way it lurched around from Free 10-line capable versions
(up to version 2.0.1), 1 month fully functional demos, Free
RevMedia, no Free nothings, and so on, and realised that that really
wasn't doing much good; and so opted for the alternative
course of action.
Good things (of which Java and
Hypercard-Supercard-Metacard-RunRev-Livecode may be two) just keep
coming back.
Richmond.
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