458600 - Java broken in Firefox 3.0.x for mac

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[John Musbach]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008092414 Firefox/3.0.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008092414 Firefox/3.0.3

My mac is a MacBook Intel Core 2 Duo 2.16ghz with 2GB ram running Mac OS X 10.5.5 and Firefox 3.0.3, this problem has existed since 3.0. Visiting any website that uses Java will result in everything but the Java applet properly rendering. In fact, the Java applet does not even initialize (yes, the Java plugin is seen by firefox and is enabled) although the same website loads fine Java and all in Safari. I have tried using this solution: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20041208225636798  but to no avail. Other people have experienced this issue as well (e.g. http://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?locale=en-US&comments_parentId=76259&forumId=1).

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Firefox 3.0.x
2. Go to website with Java applets
3. See that the website renders fine but without the Java applets which do not even initialize even though the Java plugin is enabled
Actual Results:  
The website renders fine but the Java applets don't even start to initialize

Expected Results:  
The website renders fine and the Java applets load into a usable state.

Comment 1

[John Musbach]

Safari reports I am using Java version 1.5.0_16 from Apple Inc.

Comment 2

[Janyne Kizer]

This continues to be a problem and a source of frustration.  I am using Firefox 3.0.6 under Mac OSX 10.5.6 (both fully patched) and if I go to any Java site, including the http://javatester.org/version.html?tag=mncol;txt, Firefox crashes.  These sites work fine under Safari.  According to Safari, I am using Java Version 1.5.0_16 from Apple Inc.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Firefox 3.0.x
2. Go to website with Java applets (http://javatester.org/, click on Test link)

Expected results:
The website displays the current version of Java

Actual results:
Firefox crashes

Comment 3

[Richard G.]

This issue is not occurring for me in Firefox 3.0.8.  Went to http://javatester.org/version.html?tag=mncol;txt plus used several other Java applets.

Core 2 Duo 2.33 GHz MBP, 3 GB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.5.6, Java 1.5.0_16.

Comment 4

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This is a mass search for bugs which are in the Firefox General component, are
UNCO, have not been changed for 500 days and have an unspecified version. 

Reporter, can you please update to Firefox 3.6.10 or later, create a fresh profile, http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/managing+profiles, and test again. If you still see the issue, please update this bug. If the issue is gone, please set the status to RESOLVED > WORKSFORME.

Comment 5

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply from reporter, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.12 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.