Java Glossary : Java Plug-in

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Formerly called the Activator and now officially called the Java Plug-In. Sun's Java environment that acts as a plug-in to a browser, replacing any JVM that browser had. This way you can update your JVM without needing a new version of the entire browser. It also makes it more difficult for Microsoft Internet Explorer to avoid supporting the full Java JVM. Unfortunately the HTML viewed must contain <EMBED> tags for Netscape and <OBJECT> tags for Internet Explorer to invoke the Activator Plugin. If they contain only the standard Java <APPLET ... > tags, the browser will insist on using its built-in Java implementation even if it has the plugin installed. Download the HTML Converter as part of the JRE 1.3 to prepare the complex <EMBED> and <OBJECT> tags. Download the 1.3 HTML Converter separately.

You can only have one version of the Java plug-in installed on a machine at a time. The Java Plug-In control panel will appear either on your start menu or in the control panel. If you want to switch, uninstall and install a different version.

Netscape 7.02 and Opera 7.21 use the Java plug-in as the built-in Java. They don't require the awkward <EMBED> syntax that Internet Explorer 6.0.2800 does to use the plug-in.

You can turn on the Java console by right clicking on the Duke cartoon icon in the system tray.

In the windows control panel is a program to manage how the plug-in works. At first it looks as though nothing happened when you click it, but when you close the control panel, you will see the plug-in manager window hiding behind the control panel window.

Netscape ¤ Opera ¤ student project to manage the Plug-In

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