You know? So the only way to tell really what you are getting is to head for the JDK, which is obviously available in both 32-bit and 64-bit, and they include a JRE of the same edition. There is only this stupid "download" button which doesn't tell you a s***. Now, when you go to there is no special link that would allow you to choose what you want to download, if you want the 32-bit or 64-bit JRE.
Correct me if I'm wrong but 64-bit JRE can run both 64-bit and 32-bit Java applications. The limitation being that you would not be able to run 64-bit Java applications on your computer.īut if you go for the 64-bit JRE and a Java plugin for the browser, you could run both 64-bit and 32-bit Java applications, as well as Java applets.
Now if you went for the 32-bit JRE, and the Java plugin, you would have Java applet support in your browser, but you would only have limited Java application support. Then you need the appropriate Java plugin for the browser.
You need to have either the 64-bit JRE or the 32-bit JRE. So you really need two things to enable Java support for Firefox, or any other browser. It is merely using a Java plugin to call up the JRE in order to run Java applets on websites. I just wanna say thanks to you all for your input.īesides, Firefox doesn't really use the JRE. Why would you need to get the JDK just to install the 64-bit JRE? That's confusing enough, IMHO. Now this is something that Mozilla for example could put up on their Add-ons download pages. The plugins can be made available separately. Like for instance, why not just put out a simple installer for JRE 64-bit or 32-bit, which ever you need. There is a lot of confusion associated with Java out there. I don't know if this has to do with the fact that I have installed JDK 6 update 26 instead of the regular JRE only. So I cannot switch Java plugin on and off for Firefox from that end.
I can click it and the checkmark is applied, but the setting just won't stay that way. However, I am still unable to check the "Mozilla family" (or "series") option in Java control panel and make it stay that way. Note that this is referred to "installing Java" but this is merely just installing the right plugin for the web browser. The installer file for Internet Explorer is "jre-6u26-windows-i586-iftw.exe" since IE and Firefox don't use the same plugin format. And yes, I just checked under Add-ons, Plugins in Firefox, it is indeed JRE 1.6.0.26. It's in fact the same installer that the Firefox automatic Plugin Finder Service found. I simply visited Java website ( ) and clicked "Free Java Download" button. I just had to install Java from an installer called "jxpiinstall.exe".
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