Keep checking the OS X Software Update [ >Software Update]. Apple always releases their own versions of Java, with good reason.
I've actually had this installed for quite awhile before this announcement. I'm not sure why they're announcing it now, but whatever. A screenshot of my current Java setup is attached. They work fine together. The version provided by Oracle is 64-bit only, and isn't 100% compatible with apps designed for the old Java provided by Apple, so it doesn't overwrite it.
I am running OSX 10.8
Pardon the dumb questions.
I downloaded and installed the JRE 7 from the above site.
When I open the >Utilities>Java Preferences.app it only shows Java SE 6 installed.
Have I done something wrong?
I am running OSX 10.8
Pardon the dumb questions.
I downloaded and installed the JRE 7 from the above site.
When I open the >Utilities>Java Preferences.app it only shows Java SE 6 installed.
Have I done something wrong?
Java was once an official alternative to Cocoa for OS X development.
Only a very few Minecraft server plugins need Java 7. Minecraft itself does not. I find it horrifying that Minecraft is made in Java, and it's terribly slow and buggy.
What still uses Java?
Java.com tells me to download from Apple.. so WTF?
So what happened? Where did it go wrong?
At the outset it showed such promise - write once, run everywhere.
Why was Apple making their own Java in the first place? The whole point of Java was "compile once for every device", yet Java 7 was not available on Mac OS. This was rarely a problem, but it was extremely annoying when it was.
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Only a very few Minecraft server plugins need Java 7. Minecraft itself does not. I find it horrifying that Minecraft is made in Java, and it's terribly slow and buggy.
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I'm glad that Apple stopped making Java because, well, they sucked at it. Seriously, no Java SE 6 for 32-bit processors or PPC?
Keep checking the OS X Software Update [ >Software Update]. Apple always releases their own versions of Java, with good reason.
Mine looks like yours -- I have lost the tabs across the top so I am unable find previously used applets / JavaWebStart apps and turn them into MAC application shortcuts. :-(
Similar thing as when you can't download ML on launch that. There is almost always hiccups... May it be download issues or some servers not refreshed...
What still uses Java?
You have the full JDK installed. This announcement and release is for just the JRE component that will soon be available widely to nondevelopers.
Nope. If you followed the link here, you are just installing the JRE component (ie. Java Runtime Environment). A new Java control panel applet has been created to manage the JRE starting with this release. Since the actual development environment isn't installed, the Apple "Java Preferences" utility doesn't show the new version. If you follow the link to Oracle, then go to the JDK instead of the JRE, you can download the full JDK for Mac, and then the environment will be available and will show up in the "Java Preferences" utility. It's rather confusing, but Apple's releases have always been of the full JDK and that utility is mainly geared for developers so only shows full environments.
What still uses Java?
Who cares about Java? Java is as bad a security risk as Flash. I never use Java, except when it's an unavoidable feature e.g. of Xcode.
Future GPUs have a Java coprocessor.Java needs to die. It is a horrible, horrible platform that is highly inefficient.
They hate Java, because they are not able to disable the Java web-browser plugin, even if it is easy.Why do people hate so much on Java?
What still uses Java?
No, I enjoy the company of women...