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Is Java supported in new 2016 version?
I read that is sync with Chrome 49, and Java Support in Google Chrome is dropped in version 45.
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Hi,
Yes. You are correct. Chrome dropped NPAPI support from V45 in favor of PPAPI. Oracle's Java plug-in is based on NPAPI --- so unless they decide to rewrite their Java plugin in PPAPI (which they do not seem to be interested in doing), it won't work with newer version of Chrome. EO.WebBrowser 2016 picked up this change as well, so as a result, Java is no currently supported with the new version.
Thanks!
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Those is a big problem!
Some of the applications/websites with I work and automate for our clients are using Java. If you drop Java support too, this are doing new version unusable for this projects, and doing our product obsolote in terms of features, bugs, performance, etc in some months.
You plan reimplement Java support? Think it, you can position better in market, offering a "updated chrome with java".
Else, you can plan maintain two parallel developments? One with the last support Java chrome version (44) and other in latest chrome versions, both fixing bugs/adding some features.
As you know, Java is extended in web, and chrome is a great product and very extended too(and the most important, is your core engine). I think is a need that both work together.
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Hi,
This is not up to us. This is up to Google and Oracle. We can not re-implement something they both decided not to implement. Chrome is a humongous project so if they decide to go left, we are not in a position to try to pull it right. It's not a simple switch for us to flip on or off for you. If this is not acceptable to you, you can continue using EO.WebBrowser 2015, which is based on Chrome V41 and that version still supports Java, we will continue to maintain that version for a while but we do not have any plan to update EO.WebBrowser 2015 to Chrome V44. If you want to use the new version but still wants Java support, then you are asking for a new Chromium browser engine with Java support, which is something that does not exist.
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Thanks for your reply.
For now, I need Java, so I'll use EO.WebBrowser 2015 until I can.
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