Now Oracle is doing the same, somewhat. Of course, it isn't dropping the ball on Java entirely but it is announcing the inevitable and probably demise of the Java web browser plugin.

Now that Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari stopped or will soon stop supporting NPAPI web plug-ins*, Oracle thought it best to accept the Java plug-in's fate and let it go. The company has ...

Oracle has announced that it will kill the much-maligned Java browser plugin in the next release of the Java Development Kit, slated for release next year.

The much-maligned Java browser plugin, source of so many security flaws over the years, is to be killed off by Oracle. It will not be mourned. Oracle, which acquired Java as part of its 2010 ...

Oracle has announced plans to kill off Java browser plugins - but only after it releases Java Development Kit (JDK) 9. The company announced the shift in a Java Platform Group blog post, which ...

With the demise of Adobe Flash on the way, Oracle has announced via a very short blog post that come JDK 9 later this year, the Java browser plugin will be deprecated.

Oracle earlier this week announced its decision to scrap its Java browser plug-in. The plug-in, which has been a frequent target of hackers, won't be included in the next version of the kit for ...

Oracle's Java plugin for browsers is a notoriously insecure product. Over the past 18 months, the company has released 11 updates, six of them containing critical security fixes. With each update ...

Citing security and market forces as primary factors, Oracle said it will drop support for the Java browser plug-in in JDK 9.

Next year, the Java browser plug-in, which is frequently the target of Web-based exploits, will be retired by Oracle.

Oracle has been working to improve Java security, Smith said, though much of that work has not been publicized. He pointed to new security features, such as a slider on the Java control panel that ...