nunz: Excuse my ignorance -- isn't java required for speedtest.net?
Speedtest requires Javascript. Javascript is not Java.
To be more specific: Javascript is not Java Runtime. Java Runtime is also known as JRE = Java Runtime Environment.
Again, Javascript is not JRE. Hope that helps clarify some things.
I always do a latency test and jitter tests on connections os that's why I probably associate jave with speedtest.net.
There are a lot of average joes needing java now - lots of apps written using ti in general use: Open Source Offices, Lotus Notes clients, Kitomba for hair dressers, mine craft, etc etc etc. Remember the days whenapplets on websites were all the rage? .... I hope oracle get their jre sorted.
JRE is widely used no doubt about it. Java applets are still popular with many math and science sites. It gets that from widespread adoption in universities and higher education.
Absolutely nothing wrong with it in principle. Just not enough resources being put in by Oracle into securing the platform installed on a huge number of machines talking to the web through the browser plugin.
USCert issued a security warning for the latest (fixed) version saying users can mitigate some of the remaining issues using the Java control in control panel AND also warns of an installer bug which means many users will not have that control installed and need to reinstall to get it. Doh!
By the same logic you will also avoid flash, IE, Safari, OPera, Firefox, Chrome, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Apple iOS, - DOS, BASH shell etc etc etc - hope you can find a Sinclair ZX81 that will run on the internet - its the only one I never saw a virus for.
Viruses are just part of the teritory with computers - until of course we shoot all the e-tards, porners, spammers, nigerians, russian mafia, get rich schemers, chinese and kiddy scripters etc etc etc
And as of today, all Apple JRE6 users will have the browser plugin disabled with an update:
"Java for OS X 2013-002 delivers improved security, reliability, and compatibility by updating Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_43. On systems that have not already installed Java for OS X 2012-006, this update disables the Java SE 6 applet plug-in. To use applets on a web page, click on the region labeled "Missing plug-in" to download the latest version of the Java applet plug-in from Oracle"
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