Public bug reported: On firefox 3, ubuntu 8.04 (also 8.10 and epiphany), Java applets load correctly, but reloading the page results most of the times in the navigator freezing. This is related to the following bugs in mozilla and java:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=438803 http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10453337 However, I have decided to report this here, because the alternative plugin icedtea-java7-plugin works ok and does not have this problem. I understand sun-java6-plugin is not an official package in the main repository, but is it possible to, I don't know, kind of recommend users to switch to the free icedtea plugin, based on this and possibly other bugs like: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sun-java6/+bug/82932 Suggestions are welcome. ** Affects: sun-java6 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- firefox freezes on reloading an applet https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/278975 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
