Yes, of course Java in the preferences is enabled.
I understand the knee-jerk assumption that I'm a noob.
So a little background, been using and programming on Macs since Apple IIe was the machine to have. The Java update screwed something up for Safari.
Maybe you are using 10.5? I am using 10.4.11.
Sent using Opera 9, because Quote button unresponsive in Safari 4.