308644 - Multiple Java Plug-in Exception Dialogs spawned on map24.com

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(Camino Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

Description

[Torben]

Build id: 2005091204 (v1.0a1)

Searching for an address on map24.om will sometimes spawn multiple error
dialogs, these were created faster than I was able to close them, thus forcing
med to quit Camino (through the contextual menu on the dock icon, Cmd-Q or the
programm menu does not work).

I was able to interact with the other windows (and thus saving unsent mail
etc.), however, this may not be obvious (the exception dialog stays on top and
most of the menus are grayed out) which may lead to dataloss if the user
force-quits Camino).

As a bonus-bug, you are not able to copy the content of the error dialog :-(

Reproducibility: Sometimes (2 of 3 today)

Comment 1

[Torben]

Attachment: Screen-shot of the dialog and the window-menu

Comment 2

[Steven Michaud [:smichaud] (Retired)]

I can see from your screen shot that you're running a fairly recent trunk
build of Camino (0.9a2?), but that you're using Java 1.3.1 (via Apple's "Java
Applet.plugin" in /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/).

If you're using Mac OS X 10.2.8 or 10.4.X, you should download Camino 1.0
Alpha 1, which contains a copy of the Java Embeddin Plugin (and which allows
the browser to use higher versions of Java).  But _don't_ do this if you're
using Mac OS X 10.3.X -- Apple's latest Java Security Update for that platform
breaks the Java Embedding Plugin.

I'm working on an update to the Java Embedding Plugin to get around this
problem on OS X 10.3.X.  I should be able to release it in a day or two.
Some time after that it should start appearing in Camino nightlies.

To download the Java Embedding Plugin separately, see:

http://javaplugin.sourceforge.net/

To follow my progress in dealing with Apple's Java Security Update, see:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=308549

Comment 3

[Steven Michaud [:smichaud] (Retired)]

> Build id: 2005091204 (v1.0a1)

Oops, I hadn't noticed this -- so you're running the 2005-09-12-04-1.0 Camino
nightly.  What OS version are you using?  Did you alter the download by
removing the Java Embedding Plugin from its Contents/MacOS/plugins directory
(because you're running OS X 10.3.X)?

You're definitely using Java 1.3.1.

Comment 4

[Torben]

I found the problem, my "new" computer at job, which I assumed was running
10.2.8 was in fact running 10.2.3 :-(
Updating to 10.2.8 makes the dialogs go away.