Re: Java plugin phase out timeline

On Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 5:35:49 PM UTC-4, Chris Peterson wrote:
> On 4/27/16 1:52 PM, Java Dev wrote:
> > On Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at 1:35:46 PM UTC-5, Chris Peterson wrote:
> >> >
> >> > hi Alexandra, our tentative schedule is to remove NPAPI support in
> >> > Firefox 53 (which will be in the Firefox Nightly channel in November
> >> > 2016 and released in April 2017). These versions or dates are not
> >> > official or set in stone. They could conceivably be postponed if we need
> >> > to continue supporting NPAPI for some reason.
> >> >
> > As it has been a few months, I just wanted to double check if the release schedule mentioned above for removal of NPAPI plugins such as the Java Runtime Environment is still the same - namely, the NPAPI support is removed with Firefox 53 which would be released to the public in April 2017.
> 
> Yes. That's still the plan.


Just a reality check - the plan above for the Firefox 53 release still the same (as in April 2017)? 

Also, I have been puzzled about something else recently. Even if the NPAPI plug-ins are allowed in Firefox ESR, how is the "plug-in black list" in Firefox ESR handled? Would Java be blocked somehow in it? In other words, is there a possibility that Java as a plug-in would be blocked in the Firefox ESR "plug-in black list", even though NPAPI plug-in's as a whole would still be allowed? And how likely is this to actually happen? Appreciate your help with these questions.