Sites for java give no help to people who just want to use it in their browsers. We're adrift. I've tried Sun and Quicktime javas, and have reverted to the one with my Windows 98 SE. None of them work consistently, and all give me these error messages, and none of them address help or advice to users. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the different javas, and even removed my browser and reinstalled it. No improvement. They don't even give you much help in how to install this stuff, so my installation may be faulty. You're just supposed to know how to install it.
I'm going BERZERK! This isn't urgent because I've lived with it for ages, but it ought not to be difficult for a Java pro to figure out, so I've given it low points. I don't want to learn Java. I dont want to *have* to learn it in order to get java_popmeup slide shows and interactives at my homepage, NY Times, to function. I just want java that functions.
I use the IE6 browser. My permissions are set to medium, but I ask for a lot of prompting, because on some sites I wouldn't want any script, of any kind, to execute. Every time I see a slide show or interactive that I'm dying to view, I can't - I get a *@$%& java error. I went to a site today where every single link gave me TWO java error messages, and just from hovering the cursor over the link. I couldn't navigate the site at all. Needless to say, I HATE JAVA! They have a "console," but nothing, anywhere, explains what all those options mean, or what they do, or how to use them. You're just supposed to know. Right. I try every option on the console, and still get the error messages. The messages always say there is an error "on the page." Does that mean it isn't in my java configurations or program? Why, then, would a sophisticated bunch like NY Times be consistently having errors on their pages with java items? I think the problem really may be inside my computer. But where? How to fix it?
It seems that on any given site, it's kind of "all-or-nothing." Its java things will either all work, or virtually none will work, but occasionally I do get to a site with one java item that won't function properly. Quite often it is a picture that won't load, even if I try to manually command it to load. Of course, they don't tell you WHICH item is having the error, except in geekspeak. Which helps a dufus like me a whole lot, of course. Real Player also sometimes seems to utilize java; I've gotten a few jjava error messages from trying to use it. I hate Real Player too. It's a monumental greed on the Web, and is maximally intrusive. It forces itself to load when you reboot, and you can't deselect this in the options. I have the free version and wouldn't pay them a cent for the other one. They're too greedy. Windows Media Player works as well or better, and doesn't intrude.
Please, can someone help me get my renegade java to function properly?
