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Fix Java crashes in Mozilla 1.1 on 10.2 Web Browsers
There was an excellent hint to solve the Java-crashes in Mozilla 1.1 on one of the discussion-boards in Germany:
  1. Download MRJPluginCarbon-1.0.1 (make sure you get the OS X version)
  2. Open the folder and copy the MRJPlugInCarbon to /Library -> Internet Plug-Ins and/or ~/Library -> Internet Plug-Ins
  3. Now for the new part: Control click on Mozilla 1.1, select Show Package-contents, drill down to Contents -> MacOS -> Plug-Ins, and replace the MRJPlugin with the new version. Mozilla must not be running when you do this step.
Thats it! No crashes since then!
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Other way
Authored by: xTina on Sep 21, '02 11:47:35AM

Just deleting the plugin from the Mozilla.app package (as described in 3.) instead of replacing it will make Mozilla use Apple's Java plugin which also works for most stuff (had no problems so far).



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Other way
Authored by: bobketcham on Sep 22, '02 01:28:00AM

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I had a tremendous number of Java related crashes with Moz 1.1 and OSX 10.2. I had fixed many by upgrading to Moz 1.2a. But had one persistent crash when exiting the National Weather Service's java based radar loops. I've tried Moz 1.1 and the Java Plug-in 1.01 but that one crash test continued to fail. This is the only one that has resolved that crash.

I've really come to like Moz's speed, tabbed browsing, bookmark sets and sidebar. The look of the Navzilla theme is great. But, I just cringed every time I had to go back to Explorer because of a Java bug. Hopefully, no more...



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deleting vs. replacing
Authored by: daywalker on Sep 22, '02 11:13:01AM

Deleting the Plugin inside the Mozilla.app package is fine for 10.2. I guess the new MRJ 1.0.1 Pluggin is only needed for compatibility of the whole Mozilla 1.1 package with OS versions below 10.2. Therefore, I don't understand why the release version of Mozilla 1.1 still contains the Jaguar-misfunctional 1.0 Plugin...



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deleting vs. replacing
Authored by: Glanz on Sep 23, '02 01:23:59PM

They don't know! We should send them a letter!



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Other way
Authored by: BrianSchott on Oct 02, '02 03:49:19PM

I am having some crashes with Netscape 6.2 under jaguar. Is this the same problem, and if it is, I am not clear on where to find the package that needs to be deleted. My confusion is connected to not knowing whether Netscape and Mozilla are synonyms.

Thanks.

(B=)



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Chimera
Authored by: mrbiiggy on Sep 22, '02 12:07:49AM

This also works very well with Chimera from what I've tried... I had crashing problems with java sites using Chimera, now I haven't noticed any... Cool!



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Java
Authored by: Glanz on Sep 22, '02 02:16:10PM

First of all, with Chimera, this should not be an issue if one has updated often via ChimersKnight. Secondly the advice given by the following wonderful person is quite correct:::

Just deleting the plugin from the Mozilla.app package (as described in 3.) instead of replacing it will make Mozilla use Apple's Java plugin which also works for most stuff (had no problems so far).

So I know that Moz has its problems, B U T yet, most of them have already been solved by 10.2.



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MRJ vs Apple java plug-in
Authored by: koza on Sep 23, '02 07:50:38AM

So, what's the purpose of downloading this MRJ plugin when
Apple's bundled java plugin seems to work just fine?



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MRJ vs Apple java plug-in
Authored by: Glanz on Sep 23, '02 12:51:46PM

Well Koza, If you're like me, you didn't know... hehehe... until AFTER all the trouble.... In any case, it's good to know how to install that Mozilla plugin. This just shows to go ya..., that sometimes the solution is easier than we think.



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