


Java applets are now less likely to become invisible when switching to or from the browser window that contains them.This change makes it possible for Firefox to drop support for resource files, as per the following bug: Previously they were only available in a resource (*.rsrc) file.The MRJ Plugin JEP now includes supported MIME types in its ist file.It previously ran on the calling code's thread (i.e.Code that allows Java applets to get and set browser cookies now always runs on the main thread (as it should).This was made possible by dropping support for Mac OS X 10.2.8 and 10.3.X.

It's now much easier to build the Java Embedding Plugin from source.Support has been dropped for Mac OS X 10.2.8 (Jaguar) and 10.3.X (Panther).The Java Embedding Plugin now supports current seeds of Apple's forthcoming Mac OS X 10.6 (SnowLeopard).The fact is that any web browser could use one of the Java Embedding Plugin's two APIs to add support for Java 1.4.X and Java 5.0 and 6.0 if those are available.What's New in This Release: When used together with an updated version of Mozilla's MRJ Plugin Carbon (included in this distribution), the Java Embedding Plugin's functionality is currently available to recent versions of Mozilla, Firefox and Camino. The Java Embedding Plugin is a utility that allows other web browsers than Apple's Safari to use the most recent available versions of Java on Mac OS X (Java 1.4.X and, on Tiger, Java 5.0 and 6.0).
