If you use the Firefox browser for working on the Internet, it’s also Mozilla, and occasionally encounter the problem of downloading videos, images or the absence of any reaction when you click on a button somewhere on the site, the mess may be caused by the display settings of Java in your browser. You can learn how to enable Java in Firefox in this article.
What is Java and why your browser does not like it
Java is one of the common web technologies today. It is based on the functioning of many sites and programs. Why is Java support not included in the browser? Firefox refuses to support Java automatically because it considers it vulnerable to viruses. In the future, Firefox plans to completely abandon support for any plug-ins (tools for playing content), except for Adobe Flash.
But such a policy of Mozilla regarding Java does not mean that a million malicious programs will immediately rush to your computer when you turn on the corresponding plug-in. Sometimes you need to enable Java in Firefox for reasons of website performance. There are several ways to do this.
A single case of Java inclusion
Suppose you surf the Internet, find a video that interests you, and want to watch it. You press the Play button, but instead of playing, the following screen is displayed:
The only action you need to take is to click on the caption. In addition, Firefox may offer you to remember this site and always activate the Java plugin on it. If you trust this site, then confirm your choice in the dialog box (Allow and Remember - "Allow and remember").
In addition, sometimes application blocking comes from Java itself, and not from Firefox. More modern versions of Java have a number of fairly stringent requirements for running applications. If the developer is unknown, then most likely the ability to run a Java application will be blocked. Even if you decide to enable Java in Firefox manually, referring to the security settings and highlighting the desired site or application as an exception, the browser will still consider them suspicious and display a warning about a potential threat.
How to enable Java support in Firefox
You can get to the activation of Java support in another way. First you need to get to the page with plugins (open the menu and select the "Add-ons" button or press the key combination Ctrl-Shift-A). You will see a list of add-ons, among which we need to find the following:
If this plugin is not in the list, use the search bar in the upper right corner. You can search by the word Java - the search will return several add-ons from which you can choose the appropriate one, after having studied exactly what functions they are called to perform.
If all of the above steps didn’t help you enable Java in Firefox, you may need to completely update the application on your computer. To do this, download the latest version from the developer's site and install it on your device. After that, try opening Firefox again and launching the problematic site or application. In the end, the cranky site can be opened in another browser and see how it will behave there.