Posted by Ralph Elliott on Aug 17, 2011; 3:59pm
URL: https://forum.jogamp.org/JOGL-applets-on-Mac-OS-X-tp3262071.html

A couple of weeks ago Apple released Safari 5.1, which only supports the "out-of-process" Java plugin.  But JOGL applets currently work only with the now-defunct "in-process" plugin.  So JOGL applets no longer run on Safari -- putting Safari in the same bad position that Chrome and Firefox have been in for some time.  (Actually, in Chrome and Firefox, JOGL applets do run, but without the JOGL rendering -- which is clearly not much use.)

This is very disappointing for people like me developing JOGL-based applets.  Are there plans to upgrade the Mac OS X JOGL implementation to support the now-almost-universal out-of-process plugin architecture?

I asked about this yesterday on the Mac Java Developers' mailing list and got the impression that Apple believe this is technically feasible and are keen to see it happen.  (If you're interested, consult the Mac java developers' archives for more details.)

-Ralph Elliott


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