516659 - navigator.javaEnabled() return false

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[itay]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)

navigator.javaEnabled() always return false.
only after upgrading to 3.5.3

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.use a script containing :

alert(navigator.javaEnabled());


Actual Results:  
an alert window with "false" written in it.

Expected Results:  
an alert window with "true" written in it.

Comment 1

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.1.4pre) Gecko/20090913 Shiretoko/3.5.4pre

If java is enabled it says true; so this is WFM.
Can you retest in safe-mode, with a new profile and a clean reinstallation?
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Basic+Troubleshooting#Make_a_new_profile