The Java plug-in is dying, and not a moment too soon

The death of the Java plug-in is swiftly approaching as we move toward a plug-in-free Internet.

Oracle announced its Java plug-in will be removed in the next development kit update, which does not yet have a release date. The announcement follows the trend of browsers removing plug-in support, including Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.

“By late 2015, many browser vendors have either removed or announced timelines for the removal of standards based plug-in support, eliminating the ability to embed Flash, Silverlight, Java and other plug-in based technologies,” Oracle wrote in its announcement. Read more...