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What would I gain over Java6? I don't use java for anything, except, I have a couple of apps on my machine that make use of it.
It also installs a System Preferences plugin that opens up a custom Swing-based settings panel that looks awful on a Retina MBP. It tries to replicate the look of the standard Apple Java Preferences app, but is confusing because it doesn't affect the system Java that you'd see when doing 'which java' from the command line.
The installer script then sets the permissions on /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin to root:wheel. This is the same as the bundled Java installations.
What would I gain over Java6? I don't use java for anything, except, I have a couple of apps on my machine that make use of it.
Though, of course, you know better than clicking 'yes' on a random trojan installer, so maybe you don't need the security updates.
does this require lion like the earlier beta installers did?
Earlier betas indicated 'works on Snow Leopard', though I'm not sure how they tested it, because it never installed. Later site pages just said 'tested on Lion' or something like that.
There was a google code site that offered built versions with installers that worked on Snow Leopard (supposedly) but I could never get those to install right either.
Am I destined to have to upgrade to Lion/ML just to get Java7. ???
Note that the JRE installs to /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin only, so it cannot easily be used by Java desktop applications and appears to be for applets only. It also installs a System Preferences plugin that opens up a custom Swing-based settings panel that looks awful on a Retina MBP. It tries to replicate the look of the standard Apple Java Preferences app, but is confusing because it doesn't…
What would I gain over Java6? I don't use java for anything, except, I have a couple of apps on my machine that make use of it.