ABOUT JAVA: ] OK, a lot of the oekaki sites are folding, losing their members,or are inaccessible, due to the NEW JAVA. The Java 8 update locks me out of all oekaki sites except for this one. this only, uses 8 update--Oracle forces you to become a member, if you try to use old Javas, cause they own them all.So far, none of the old Javas can get installed correctly, or are the wrong ones, or the major browsers no longer support Java at all. As far as I was told, both Firefox and Chrome refuse to support Java--I don't know about Internet Explorer, but I really don't want their browser--not even for art.S these are my questions i can't find:
Which browsers still support Java to work at all??(Am I incorrectly installing Java to Windows 7, cause it just will not show up--ANY of them!!) what is "the plug in"? i seem to not be able to find it on the Net.(whatever it is, my very techie friends say, "it is not supported!!" I think they mean Firefox.)-what is the deal about a "plugin"? does that mean the Java itself? or an "add-on"? Is it true, Windows 7 pcs can run well with OLD VERSIONS OF JAVA? which ones are they?(I tried to use and get old versions, still don't work.but version 8 java not working any where either.)--In the midst of Oracle's irresponsibility to all websites using Java, can we come up with a GOOD SUBSTITUTE FOR JAVA?--THAT ALSO RUNS APPLETS? at this poiint, I might get on a plane, fly across the oceans, just to buy a version of :"non-Java-applet-user software" that gets my Oekaki sites working again. So far, only this one works--cause your people who run it,know what they are doing.--Oracle does not. what else? Do we already have ALL that information here? On this dept. thread? Thank you very much, I am very thankful to the moderators, and Chicken-Smoothie, and its members.