Because of this, we're retiring Flash-based games from Pogo. Java and Flash are two technologies that have powered Pogo games for many years, but they're no longer supported by most web browsers. HTML5-based games are replacing Java-based games. Java has been most visible to consumers on online game sites such as and Yahoo Games. Java, like most plugins, contains vulnerabilities that can be exploited by malware, making it more dangerous to use your computer. Edge has never supported Java, although Windows 10 does.Chrome no longer supports NPAPI (required for Java applets).Java is not supported by any current version of Firefox.Most current browsers no longer support Java plugins. Java 8 is the last version of Java available to consumers that will support browser plugins.
HTML5 technologies allow modern browsers and mobile devices to work without plugins, including Java. The only requirement is that a Java “virtual machine” ( JVM or JRE) is available for the operating system or device which translates Java into something the operating system or device can understand. Java is a cross-platform environment originally developed by Sun Microsystems (purchased by Oracle Corporation in 2010) to create regular programs that can run on virtually any operating system and on thousands of other devices.