Re: Removing Firefox Version Number

On 8/25/2011 7:28 PM, Sailfish wrote:
> My bloviated meandering follows what larissa stevenson graced us with on
> 8/25/2011 4:52 PM:
>
> [snip /]
>
>> Key point. Just today Firefox has updated itself from 5.0 to 6, and
>> promptly disabled my Java Console add-on, stating that it is not
>> compatible with this version of Firefox. Searching the interwebs, this
>> appears to have lead to a lot of consternation from users who believe
>> that Java has been disabled (rather than just the useless Java
>> console) - the advice from Mozilla is that because the Java console
>> does not serve any useful purpose to most users, then it doesn't
>> matter that it is disabled in the latest version of Firefox. But if
>> updating the version can lead to breaking the product of a major
>> company like Oracle, then how can corporate (or home) users be
>> confident in upgrading when it could well break other extensions that
>> they rely upon?
>>
> I haven't used Java since I stopped caring about slow twirling things
> that it could do but, be that what it may, let's make sure we ascertain
> who's to blame here. Larry Ellison, the last I read, is a billionaire
> and so is more than able to spend a few bucks to make sure the product
> manager of his Java team runs on the 3 primary browsers. That person
> would have plenty of time within Firefox's 6 week release cycle to test
> their add-on to insure that it works and continues to work with Firefox,
> no?
>
> Why harp on Mozilla for something a "major company like Oracle" has
> fallen down on their job to insure doesn't happen.
>
> [snip same ol' stuff that's been talked to death already /]
>
After Jay mentioned that he doesn't have Java installed, I removed it 
from my system, and guess what...  I haven't noticed ANY difference, or 
any sites that complained.  Does anyone know a 'downside' to this?