Java Not Working in Web Browsers:

Hello friends!

Recently, Keepvid.com (website which allows you to download videos from YouTube) added a new feature of downloading mp3 of the pasted URL.

Now, if you are using Keepvid, you would know that downloading in various formats and sizes is way too easy here. But this  new feature of download as mp3 in Chrome does not work.

In this blog I am going to highlight one of the most common issues which pops up when you try to download items from internet- Java not enabled in your web browser!

Also, it's quite possible that even after installing Java, Applets do not run.

                             [This screenshot of error was taken while using Google Chrome]

So let's get started,

The cause to this problem is : Java is not enabled in the web browser. If Java is already installed but applets do not work, you need to enable Java through your web browser.

The most generic solution to this problem is If you recently installed Java, you may need to restart your browser (close all browser windows and re-open), in order for the browser to recognize the installation. In addition, make sure Java content in the browser is enabled through the Java Control Panel

I will give browser specific solutions.

#1: Internet Explorer
* Click Tools and then Internet Options
* Select the Security tab, and select the Custom Level button
* Scroll down to Scripting of Java applets
* Make sure the Enable radio button is checked
* Click OK to save your preference

#2: Firefox
* Open the Firefox browser or restart it, if it is already running
* From the Firefox menu, select Tools, then click the Add-ons option
* In the Add-ons Manager window, select Plugins
* Click Java (TM) Platform plugin (Windows) or Java Applet Plug-in (Mac OS X) to select it
* Check that the option selected is Ask to Activate or Always Activate or on older Firefox versions, click on the Enable button (if the button says Disable, Java is already enabled)

#3: Safari
* Click on Safari and select Preferences
* Choose the Security option
* Select Allow Plug-ins, then click on Manage Website Settings
* Click on the Java item, select an option (Ask, Allow or Allow Always) from the pulldown list when visiting other websites
* Click Done, then close the Safari Preferences window

#4: Google Chrome
Chrome no longer supports NPAPI (technology required for Java applets)

The Java plug-in for web browsers relies on the cross platform plugin architecture NPAPI, which has been supported by all major web browsers for over a decade. Google's Chrome version 45 (scheduled for release in September 2015) drops support for NPAPI, impacting plugins for Silverlight, Java, Facebook Video and other similar NPAPI based plugins.

Java applications are offered through web browsers as either a web start application (which do not interact with the browser once they are launched) or as a Java applet (which might interact with the browser). This change does not affect Web Start applications, it only impacts applets.

If you have problems accessing Java applications using Chrome, Oracle recommends using Internet Explorer (Windows) or Safari (Mac OS X) instead.

Hope this article allows you to seamlessly download videos now.

Rest is Next.

Cheers,
Vipul