Re: MIME type parameters

On 1/8/2014 12:25 PM, Jack Bates wrote:
>
>
> I am unable to access certain webapps (Oracle Forms) with Firefox on 
> Ubuntu because they use MIME type
> application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.6.0_06
>
> The IcedTea-Web Java plugin NP_GetMIMEDescription() returns
> application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.6.0_50
>
> So Firefox complains "A plugin is needed to display this content."
This seems correct. That website is asking specifically for version 
1.6.0_06 and that's not the version you have installed. If it were 
asking for something reasonable like 
"application/x-java-applet;version=1.6" or even just 
"application/x-java-applet" then it would work.
>
> The new (Java SE 6 update 10) Sun (Oracle) Java plugin version 
> selection behavior is:
>
> When considering a request to launch an applet on a specific JRE 
> version (for example, a particular update release like "1.5.0_11"):
>
> The list of available JREs is consulted. If there is an exact match of 
> the version string, that JRE version is selected. Otherwise, if there 
> are one or more installed JREs in the same family, the latest version 
> is selected. Otherwise, the latest available JRE on the machine is 
> selected.

Have you verified that this works. I am about 99% sure that this does 
not work in Firefox.

I don't think I would accept any patch to change the Firefox behavior.

--BDS