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===Firefox===
===Firefox===
[https://www.java.com/en/download/help/firefox_java.xml The Mozilla Firefox browser does not support Java] (including the Java-dependent version of Jmol) since version 52 of the 32-bit browser; the 64-bit Firefox has never supported Java. [https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Problems-with-add-ons-plugins-or/Why-do-Java-Silverlight-Adobe-Acrobat-and-other-plugins-no/ta-p/31069 That change happened in March 2017] and had been announced well in advance.
[https://www.java.com/en/download/help/firefox_java.xml The Mozilla Firefox browser does not support Java] (including the Java-dependent version of Jmol) since version 52 of the 32-bit browser; the 64-bit Firefox has never supported Java. [https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Problems-with-add-ons-plugins-or/Why-do-Java-Silverlight-Adobe-Acrobat-and-other-plugins-no/ta-p/31069 That change happened in March 2017] and had been announced well in advance. Until sometime in 2018, there was a special version of Firefox called ''Extended Support Release'' (ESR) that supported Java; however, [https://www.digitalcitizen.life/how-enable-java-all-major-web-browsers later ESR versions no longer support] Java.


The HTML5 implementation of Jmol, JSmol, works just fine in Firefox.
The HTML5 implementation of Jmol, JSmol, works just fine in Firefox.
If you would like to extend use of Java in Firefox through early 2018, you can install the [https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Problems-with-add-ons-plugins-or/Why-do-Java-Silverlight-Adobe-Acrobat-and-other-plugins-no/ta-p/31069 Extended Support Release (ESR)].


===Edge in Windows 10===
===Edge in Windows 10===

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