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Re: [OM] Question About Lightbox

Subject: Re: [OM] Question About Lightbox
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:45:12 -0500
Within browsers it's much more likely that you'll find Javascript rather 
than Java.  Despite the similarity in naming they are not the same 
thing. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript>  Javascript is OK, Java 
is suspect most of the time it seems.

Chuck Norcutt


On 3/1/2013 11:06 PM, Moose wrote:
> On 3/1/2013 7:53 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> I just double checked to be sure... yes, the Java control panel says the
>> Java plugin is disabled for all browsers.  Note: It is claimed that
>> disabling the Java plugin directly from within Internet Explorer is
>> ineffective.  The only way to be sure is to disable within the Java
>> control panel... check box in the upper left corner of the security tab.
>
> Yes, I have done that, and the Firefox Add-ons Tab shows no Java entries.
>
> And yet, Peter's images that Chris just posted about display correctly* in my 
> browser.
>
> I might conclude two things from that:
>
> 1. It is not Java.
>
> 2. Just because it says 'lightbox' at the end of the URL, doesn't necessarily 
> mean it is the similarly named Java
> thingie. One might, in fact, wonder why a giant like FB, with presumed hordes 
> of programmers, would bother with some,
> apparently slightly half baked, bit of freeware Java code.
>
> Still Curious, But It's Fading Moose
>
> * At least, there are attractive images, and they sound like what others have 
> commented on.
>
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