[CentOS] Firefox 52.2.x and javascipt issues

[Scott Gennari]

On 07/05/2017 03:27 PM, Bernard Lheureux wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Is it me or there are a lot of troubles with Firefox ESR 52.2.x and 
> javascript ???
> I face a lot of troubles with pages I used before correctly running 
> javascript, since the update to firefox-52.2.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64 on 
> my EL7 laptop
>

Not sure if this is what you are experiencing, this was taken from Java 
     https://java.com/en/download/help/firefox_java.xml

/Beginning with Firefox 52 (released March 2017), plug-in support is 
limited to Adobe Flash, and drops support for NPAPI, impacting plugins 
for Java, Silverlight, and other similar NPAPI based plugins.//
<snip>
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          Firefox 52 ESR 32-bit release

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Mozilla offers an Extended Support Release (ESR) 
<https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/organizations/> version of Firefox 
specifically for use by organizations who need extended support for mass 
deployments. Only Mozilla Firefox 52 ESR 32-bit release will continue 
offering support for the standards-based plugin support technology 
required to launch Java Applets. To see if you are using an ESR release, 
check the Firefox menu item (Help -> About) and looking for the "ESR" 
identifier.

Mozilla maintains Firefox ESR Releases for approximately one year. 
Developers and users still relying on the Java plugin technology in the 
32-bit Mozilla Firefox web browser should consider migrating to a 
different solution. *
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Even with 'ESR', it appears the writing is on the wall for Firefox with 
regards to Java.

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Scott

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