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 '''[http://palemoon.org Pale Moon]''' (''Windows only'') is an independent browser, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Moon_(web_browser) very similar to Firefox], whose developer [http://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?t=9805 has announced] <u>indefinite support for NPAPI plugins (including Java)</u>, and hence is an alternative to continue running Jmol applets inside web pages, at least while Oracle continues to provide the Java Plug-in.
-'''[https://www.waterfoxproject.org/ Waterfox]''' (available for Windows and OS X) is very similar to Firefox and supports Java in March, 2016. On OS X (and Windows?), Waterfox shares bookmarks and preferences with Firefox, and both cannot be run at the same time. Waterfox is ''available only for 64-bit operating systems''. It is harmless to download it and try it -- if you have a 32 bit operating system, it won't run.
+'''[https://www.waterfoxproject.org/ Waterfox]''' (available for Windows and OS X) is very similar to Firefox and supports Java (March, 2018). Waterfox is ''available only for 64-bit operating systems''. It is harmless to download it and try it -- if you have a 32 bit operating system, it won't run.
+Older versions of Waterfox share bookmarks and preferences with Firefox, and both cannot be run at the same time (on OSX --and Windows?). More recent versions (2018) can import the Firefox settings (although some settings are reset) and use their own profile folder, so Waterfox and Firefox can be run now at the same time.
+Waterfox support for NPAPI plugins will presumably end eventually, when the NPAPI code is removed also from the Firefox Extended Support Release (Firefox ESR). The Waterfox maintainers plan to develop a completely new browser with NPAPI plugin support. But even if they can realize it, it will presumably take quite some time until it will be usable.
 '''[http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/ SeaMonkey]''' (available for Windows and OS X) is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaMonkey Mozilla-based browser] that supports Java, at least up to version 2.49.1 released November, 2017. It is unclear whether SeaMonkey will follow Firefox in removing support for Java.