Java 9 issue
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#12 Java 9 issue
Hi, in case you come back to work on this again, I just discovered that it doesn't play nicely with Java 9. Possessions don't display properly. Immediately you don't have the usual dashes for empty slots, and then when you get new items you can't see them in the list. They are actually there, but each squished into a tiny line with no visible text. You can scroll through items and empty slots with arrow key and see the thin blue line moving up and down,and see thin green lines for equipped items, and if you're careful even right click to interact with items, but basically it's unusable.
Solved by installing Java 5 instead. Glad I thought to try downgrading!
Thanks for the heads-up. Hopefully the fix is relatively minor, and I won't have to tell people to stick to Java < 9 (although JaFL hardly requires the latest and greatest features).
btw, is running Java 5 any kind of security threat? (I'm on Windows 10)
I don't think I had java RE installed at all before trying to use JaFL, so I assume my browsers (Chrome and Firefox) use their own plugins and aren't affected by the version I have installed?
So does that mean it's fine?
Or should I try installing Java 9 as well as 5, or something like that?
Cheers
So I got a bit worried about this and did some reading, was reminded about that massive zero-day panic and worried even more! Then tried Java 8, and thankfully JaFL seems to run fine on 8 (only went straight back to 5 before as that's the latest version you mention on the JaFL site). Sounds like 7 was the big danger so less worried now.
Still doesn't feel ideal to have Java installed at all though.
Never used it before, but maybe I can install Java in Sandboxie and run JaFL from within that? I'll give it a go.
Seems to be working fine in sandboxie :)
I think (although I may be wrong) that the main security concern with Java is when it's running through a browser plugin. It seems to be possible to disable this after installation now - see: https://www.java.com/en/download/help/disable_browser.xml
From my reading the old browser plugins were indeed the main threat, hence chrome and Firefox ending support for them. But some people are still somewhat concerned about Java RE. Ofc it's hard to tell quite how reasonable those concerns are. But now that Sandboxie is set up its a nice easy better-safe-than-sorry solution.