Firefox and Java Plugin
Firefox 11 is disabling Java plugin versions that are below version 1.6 Update 31 or between 1.7.0 and 1.7.2 for Windows computers only. Mac OS X computers are not currently affected by this Firefox update.
Windows computer administrators can re-enable the Java 1.6 Update 23 plugin for Firefox 11 web browsers by following the steps below.
- Open Firefox.
- Click the Orange Firefox menu button in the upper left-hand corner of the browser window.
- Click on Add-ons.
- Click on Plugins.
- Locate the Java (TM) Platform SE 6 U23 6.0.230.5 plugin in the list and click the Enable button.
- Restart Firefox.