If you still need Java 6 for Web applets after installing Apple's latest updates, there is a way to restore it and override Apple's preference for the use of Oracle's Java 7.

Scroll down to the Java area of the list. Make sure that, under Java permissions, that 'Disable Java' is NOT active. Set this to low, medium, or high security instead.

The second is a change to how OS X handles Java, in which the system will now keep the Java plug-in disabled until it is needed. This will appear for applets if you do not have Java enabled.

Sun also wants to better enable Java for rich Internet applications. A faster startup for Java is also planned. This is important in the Web ad and lightweight game space, Haase said.

If it says you’re running Java SE 7, and if the Enable Applet Plug-in and Web Start Applications option is checked, you are exposed. If it says Java SE 6, or if that applet option isn’t ...

Less than two days after Apple once again blocked Java 7 web plug-ins on OS X, Oracle has released an updated version of Java 7 to address certain security vulnerabilities.

Safari 6.0.4 and 5.1.9 allow you to enable the Java web plug-in on a website-by-website basis, with four settings to choose from.

Plug-ins can open vulnerabilities in even relatively secure browsers like Chrome. Even coders, like Jeff Atwood, can fall victim. Here's how to reign in plug-ins like Java, or disable them ...

Java The Java browser plug-in lets Chrome run applets, small programs embedded in a Web page. Java applets enable dynamic Web pages and interactive web programs.