No Java support on firefox

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Hey so I have this IP printer that uses some java-applet to get it's work done, yet as of a few days ago, firefox dropped all support for npapi plugins but flash, hence java is no longer supported.... They have claimed to release some new distribution that would have extended support for java users... yet apparently this doesn't work for me.... any idea how to solve this and allow java support by my browser?

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Ashwin Golani On

Firefox

Open the Firefox browser or restart it, if it is already running

From the Firefox menu, select Tools, then click the Add-ons option

In the Add-ons Manager window, select Plugins

Click Java (TM) Platform plugin (Windows) or Java Applet Plug-in (Mac OS X) to select it

Check that the option selected is Ask to Activate or Always

Activate or on older Firefox versions, click on the Enable button (if the button says Disable, Java is already enabled)

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T-Gergely On

There's no hope for applets in the long run. As for Firefox 52, you can add plugin.load_flash_only:false in about:config. Or you can install Firefox ESR 52 to postpone the problem a bit longer.