Java plugin: IcedTea-Web activated but not working with Waterfox 56.0.1

grahamperrin commented 6 years ago

Observations

An initial visit to either https://java.com/en/download/installed8.jsp?detect=jre or https://javatester.org/version.html will cause the generic plugin icon to appear in the address bar (to the right of the ⓘ (information) icon).

Attention to the address bar will allow activation of the plugin. However:

the activated plugin is not effective; and
if allowance is remembered then all subsequent loads of the page will not present the icon in the address bar – in other words, no obvious way to end an allowance.

2017-12-19 09:02.ogv.zip

If Adobe Flash Player is also installed

about:addons options for IcedTeaWeb include an option that is unexpected:

Block dangerous and intrusive Flash content ☑️

– the same option appears (and is expected) for Shockwave Flash.

https://www.ecosia.org/search?q=%22Block+dangerous+and+intrusive+Flash+content%22+%2B%22IcedTea%22 finds nothing.

From prior issues

https://github.com/MrAlex94/Waterfox/issues/313#issuecomment-351575099 (2017-12-14):

… does not present its pink rectangle … (postscript) neither does it present a plugin icon in the address bar, although I did activate the IcedTea-Web plugin there a day or two ago. At https://java.com/en/download/installed8.jsp the verification routine (for Firefox ESR) did initially present the plugin icon – during and after activation – but subsequent visits to the page are without the icon in the address bar.) …

https://github.com/MrAlex94/Waterfox/issues/322#issuecomment-353695114 (2017-12-23):

… openjdk and my result is in Waterfox about:plugins ,

looks good, but still don't work

– the address bar is without the icon for the plugin.

Environments tested by me

Waterfox 56.0.1 on FreeBSD-CURRENT
Waterfox 56.0.1 on Kubuntu 17.10.

The FreeBSD environment:

```text [grahamperrin@momh167-gjp4-hpelitebook8570p-freebsd] ~% date ; uname -v Sat 23 Dec 2017 11:42:15 GMT FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT #0 r320869: Mon Jul 10 13:57:55 UTC 2017 root@releng3.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC [grahamperrin@momh167-gjp4-hpelitebook8570p-freebsd] ~% pkg info icedtea-web icedtea-web-1.6.2_3 Name : icedtea-web Version : 1.6.2_3 Installed on : Tue Dec 19 04:12:55 2017 GMT Origin : java/icedtea-web Architecture : FreeBSD:12:amd64 Prefix : /usr/local Categories : java www Licenses : GPLv2 Maintainer : java@FreeBSD.org WWW : http://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/IcedTea-Web Comment : Free Java plug-in and Java Web Start for OpenJDK Options : DOCS : on PLUGIN : on RHINO : off TAGSOUP : off Shared Libs required: libintl.so.8 libglib-2.0.so.0 Annotations : repo_type : binary repository : FreeBSD Flat size : 10.2MiB Description : The IcedTea-Web project provides a Free Software web browser plugin running applets written in the Java programming language and an implementation of Java Web Start, originally based on the NetX project. WWW: http://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/IcedTea-Web [grahamperrin@momh167-gjp4-hpelitebook8570p-freebsd] ~% pkg info waterfox waterfox-56.0.1.s20171212 Name : waterfox Version : 56.0.1.s20171212 Installed on : Mon Dec 18 15:53:11 2017 GMT Origin : www/waterfox Architecture : FreeBSD:12:amd64 Prefix : /usr/local Categories : ipv6 www Licenses : Maintainer : jbeich@FreeBSD.org WWW : https://www.waterfoxproject.org/ Comment : Distilled fork of Firefox Options : ALSA : on BUNDLED_CAIRO : on CANBERRA : off DBUS : on DEBUG : off DTRACE : on FFMPEG : on GCONF : on INTEGER_SAMPLES: off JACK : on LIBPROXY : off OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS: on PROFILE : on PULSEAUDIO : on SNDIO : off TEST : off Shared Libs required: libdbus-glib-1.so.2 libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 libXext.so.6 libpango-1.0.so.0 libjpeg.so.8 libpixman-1.so.0 libsqlite3.so.0 libcairo.so.2 libgtk-3.so.0 libffi.so.6 libxcb-shm.so.0 libX11-xcb.so.1 libfreetype.so.6 libcairo-gobject.so.2 libatk-1.0.so.0 libhunspell-1.6.so.0 libevent-2.1.so.6 libvpx.so.4 libplc4.so libXcomposite.so.1 libxcb.so.1 libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 libgio-2.0.so.0 libssl3.so libXfixes.so.3 libnss3.so libogg.so.0 libv4l2.so.0 libgobject-2.0.so.0 libnssutil3.so libplds4.so libharfbuzz.so.0 libstartup-notification-1.so.0 libX11.so.6 libdbus-1.so.3 libXdamage.so.1 libnspr4.so libXt.so.6 libgraphite2.so.3 libicuuc.so.60 libpng16.so.16 libicui18n.so.60 libvorbis.so.0 libglib-2.0.so.0 libfontconfig.so.1 libsmime3.so libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 libgdk-3.so.0 libXrender.so.1 Annotations : cpe : cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:waterfox:56.0.1.s20171212:::::freebsd12:x64 deprecated : Temporary experiment expiration_date: 2018-01-30 no_provide_shlib: yes repo_type : binary repository : FreeBSD Flat size : 213MiB Description : The Waterfox source code is a specialised modification of the Mozilla platform, designed for privacy and user choice in mind. You should be able to install it and compile Waterfox without any issues. Other modifications and patches that are more upstream have been implemented as well to fix any compatibility/security issues that Mozilla may lag behind in implementing (usually due to not being high priority). High request features removed by Mozilla but wanted by users are retained (if they aren't removed due to security). Features: o Disabled Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) o Disabled Web Runtime (deprecated as of 2015) o Removed Pocket o Removed Telemetry o Removed data collection o Removed startup profiling o Allow running of all 64-Bit NPAPI plugins o Allow running of unsigned extensions o Removal of Sponsored Tiles on New Tab Page o Addition of Duplicate Tab option (toggle with browser.tabs.duplicateTab) o Locale selector in about:preferences > General o Cookie Prompt WWW: https://www.waterfoxproject.org/ [grahamperrin@momh167-gjp4-hpelitebook8570p-freebsd] ~% pkg info flashplayer flashplayer-28.0 Name : flashplayer Version : 28.0 Installed on : Mon Dec 18 15:53:48 2017 GMT Origin : www/flashplayer Architecture : FreeBSD:12:* Prefix : /usr/local Categories : multimedia www Licenses : Maintainer : emulation@FreeBSD.org WWW : https://www.adobe.com/ Comment : Native wrapper around Linux Flash Player Annotations : repo_type : binary repository : FreeBSD Flat size : 0.00B Description : Wrapper around Linux Flash Player that allows native browsers to display Flash content. WWW: https://www.adobe.com/ [grahamperrin@momh167-gjp4-hpelitebook8570p-freebsd] ~% ```

grahamperrin commented 6 years ago

BrowserHawk

Result of http://www.cyscape.com/showbrow.asp?doJvmd=1:

A comparison

With Oracle's plugin at https://github.com/MrAlex94/Waterfox/issues/322#issuecomment-353726858 I had:

… JavaVersion Java N/A (applet not scriptable) JavaVendor Java N/A (applet not scriptable)

– and:

Plugin_JavaVer 1.8.0_152

Here in #326 with IcedTea-Web I have:

JavaApplets True JavaEnabled True JavaVersion Java N/A (requires Java plugin, not available) JavaVendor Java N/A (requires Java plugin, not available)

– and:

Plugin_JavaVer Not installed

Side note

For me on FreeBSD this issue is:

a curiosity
not a showstopper

– IcedTea-Web does work with (old) Opera 12.16, and with more recently ported Pale Moon.

jbeich commented 6 years ago

Environments tested by me

Waterfox 56.0.1 on FreeBSD-CURRENT

Waterfox 56.0.1 on Kubuntu 17.10.

Are both GTK platforms affected or only FreeBSD?

grahamperrin commented 6 years ago

Both affected; and (if it's relevant) both have the same peculiarity with the Flash-related ☑️ at the foot of the preferences page for IcedTea-Web:

2017-12-23 18 55 36 add-ons manager - waterfox

(I'm tempted to compare with www/firefox-esr but I don't want to lose the 56.0.2 that's locked down on my main machine. I might try it elsewhere …)

grahamperrin commented 6 years ago

… peculiarity with the Flash-related ☑️ at the foot of the preferences page for IcedTea-Web: …

FWIW that's not apparent with Pale Moon on FreeBSD-CURRENT:

2017-12-23 19 07 12 pale moon

2017-12-23 19 07 25 pale moon

ijurisic commented 6 years ago

I confirm this bug because I have the same situation on Debian 9.3 GNU/Linux

grahamperrin commented 6 years ago

Java console output: https://pastebin.com/VHH9ing8, a few things catch my eye.

Line 364,

Unable to use Firefox's proxy settings. Using "DIRECT" as proxy type.

– that's unexpected because I have already used itweb-settings to prefer a direct network connection.

Line 365,

java.io.FileNotFoundException: /home/grahamperrin/.mozilla/firefox/home/grahamperrin/.waterfox/g5lllcwj.test/prefs.js (No such file or directory) …

Line 366,

Found preferences file: /home/grahamperrin/.mozilla/firefox//home/grahamperrin/.waterfox/g5lllcwj.test/prefs.js

– that's a nonsensical path.

Line 367,

Using firefox's profiles file: /home/grahamperrin/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini

– is that appropriate?

grahamperrin commented 6 years ago

Hmm, I see some of the same peculiarities with Pale Moon, where the plugin does work. https://pastebin.com/ZKaHcRdE from the Java Console (with debugging disabled).

grahamperrin commented 6 years ago

Wondering whether the plug-in is bugged:

IcedTea Bug 3535 – IcedTea-Web activated but not working with Waterfox on FreeBSD and Linux

grahamperrin commented 5 years ago

https://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3535#c4

plugin was discontinued

BrowserWorks / Waterfox