Kent West wrote: > Steven Feinstein wrote: > >>I installed Java using the information at this site: >>http://serios.net/content/debian/java.php >> >>It works great under Firefox, but I can't seem to get Konqueror to >>recognize >>the java plugin. I went to configuration and rescanned plugins, but the >>java plugin is not getting picked up. >> >>When I go to sites with applets, they state the plugin is not working. >> >>Has anyone gotten the Java plugin working under Konqueror? >> >> >> > > Hmm; I seldom use Konqueror, but just now I tried, and Java does not > work for me either. I installed Java from blackdown.org, and manually > untarred, installed, and moved the resulting directory into /usr/local, > and then manually made the appropriate mozilla-firefox symlink to the > plugin. Java works fine for me in Firefox. > > I tried tinkering with the Konqueror settings; pointing Konqueror to my > moz-ff plugin, and directly to the /usr/local/ Java plugin directory, > and I found another Java setting in Konqueror. But after 10 or 15 > minutes, I gave up. For me, it's just one more reason to prefer Firefox > over Konqueror. I want to like Konqueror . . . . > > BTW, I've never been able to get Flash to work in Konqueror either, > although it works fine in Firefox. > > So for me, I just avoid using Konqueror most of the time. > > Sorry this isn't a solution, which is what you really wanted, but at > least you know now that at least one other person has seen similar issues. > I use Firefox right now as well because I'm still trying to get my setup right. I prefer Konqueror because I prefer the control of the UI I get from KDE, where with Firefox I have more font problems. More importantly, I have better printing options from Konqueror (it prints the right size, Firefox has been printing large - still trying to fix that - and I can print to PDF using the alternative printer KDE installs).
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