Re: Removing Firefox Version Number

On 8/26/2011 5:00 PM, Robert Kaiser wrote:
> Ron Hunter schrieb:
>> 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?
>
> I don't know of any, really. I haven't had the Java plugin in my browser
> for some time and didn't see any reason to need it anywhere. Actually,
> the only plugin (not add-on) I have installed is Flash, which
> unfortunately I still need for a few things.
>
> After I heard that security issues in the Java plugin are not patched as
> regularly as one would hope, I feel even better with not running it, and
> I don't miss it.
>
> Robert Kaiser
>
Nor have I, so far.  I would, however, miss Flash, as so many sites 
depend on it for everything.  I have a fairly long list of plugins, not 
all of which are enabled.  Seems a lot of things seem to think I need to 
be able to access them from Firefox.