Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Release 3

[Michael Herron]

Auto update on Mac OS 10.4 is telling me to install "Java 2 Platform,  
Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Release 3"
Is this a good idea for ImageJ 1.34s   ?

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Michael J. Herron,  U of MN, Dept. of Entomology
   [hidden email]

[Mark Burge]

The default behavior of the update is to leave the current version of
Java as the default version and to make the 5.0 version available as
an alternative.  So, unless you specifically select the 5.0 version as
the new default (via an application in /applications/utility/java) it
will not make a difference.  The update automatically detects applets
and applications which do use the new 5.0 API and transparently
switches to the 5.0 JVM/API for those applets/applications.  ImageJ
does not make use of the 5.0 API - though it should work fine, and
possibly more efficiently with the new JVM.  If you are feeling
adventurous you could enable it via the above mentioned app, try it
out, and if it doesn't work switch back.

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Dr. Mark Burge
http://imagingbook.com/

On 11/16/05, Michael J. Herron <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Auto update on Mac OS 10.4 is telling me to install "Java 2 Platform,
> Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Release 3"
> Is this a good idea for ImageJ 1.34s   ?
>
> ---
>
> Michael J. Herron,  U of MN, Dept. of Entomology
>   [hidden email]
>

[Kurt De Vos]

I have been using 5.0 since the first developer preview release  
because some of my plugins use 5.0 code (generics and such) and i  
never had a problem.
kurt
On 16 Nov 2005, at 14:11, Mark Burge wrote:

> The default behavior of the update is to leave the current version of
> Java as the default version and to make the 5.0 version available as
> an alternative.  So, unless you specifically select the 5.0 version as
> the new default (via an application in /applications/utility/java) it
> will not make a difference.  The update automatically detects applets
> and applications which do use the new 5.0 API and transparently
> switches to the 5.0 JVM/API for those applets/applications.  ImageJ
> does not make use of the 5.0 API - though it should work fine, and
> possibly more efficiently with the new JVM.  If you are feeling
> adventurous you could enable it via the above mentioned app, try it
> out, and if it doesn't work switch back.
>
> ---
> Dr. Mark Burge
> http://imagingbook.com/
>
> On 11/16/05, Michael J. Herron <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Auto update on Mac OS 10.4 is telling me to install "Java 2 Platform,
>> Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Release 3"
>> Is this a good idea for ImageJ 1.34s   ?
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Michael J. Herron,  U of MN, Dept. of Entomology
>>   [hidden email]
>>

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[Wayne Rasband]

Java 5.0 on Mac OS X 10.4 has an annoying and frustrating bug than
sometimes causes ImageJ to ignore keyboard shortcuts. More information
about this bug is available at
"http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/docs/install/osx.html#bugs". It's item 8 on
the "Known Problems" list.

-wayne

On 16 Nov 2005, at 14:11, Mark Burge wrote:
 > The default behavior of the update is to leave the current version of
 > Java as the default version and to make the 5.0 version available as
 > an alternative.  So, unless you specifically select the 5.0 version as
 > the new default (via an application in /applications/utility/java) it
 > will not make a difference.  The update automatically detects applets
 > and applications which do use the new 5.0 API and transparently
 > switches to the 5.0 JVM/API for those applets/applications.  ImageJ
 > does not make use of the 5.0 API - though it should work fine, and
 > possibly more efficiently with the new JVM.  If you are feeling
 > adventurous you could enable it via the above mentioned app, try it
 > out, and if it doesn't work switch back.
 >
 >
 > On 11/16/05, Michael J. Herron <[hidden email]> wrote:
 >> Auto update on Mac OS 10.4 is telling me to install "Java 2 Platform,
 >> Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Release 3"
 >> Is this a good idea for ImageJ 1.34s   ?