Getting Java running in browsers

SimulConsult's software uses the programming language Java.  All recent browsers on Windows, Macintosh and Unix can run Java, though in some instances you need to download Java support and in some instances the Java implementation has bugs.  If your browser is running Java you will see the words "Java is working" in the box below:

If not, find your browser in the list below and get details on how to get Java running.  If Java is running and you don't know what browser version you have click this link. 

• Windows:  You need Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4, 2000, XP (Tablet Edition with pen input works), or Vista and either:
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer
    • If you do not have Microsoft's Java installed you can follow the directions here (but not for Windows 2000 or Vista) to install it and then update to the newest version using Windows Update immediately.
    • Sun's Java has crash bugs in versions 5 and 6.  The bugs are fixed so far only in alpha versions of Java 7. 
    • If neither Microsoft nor Sun Java works, ask your computer administrators how to get access to Java. 
  • Firefox
    • Check that Java is enabled on "Tools | Options | Content".  You may need to install Sun's Java, with release versions available from here.  Please note that the current release versions 5 and 6 have crash bugs that are fixed so far only in alpha versions of Java 7 (available here).

• Macintosh OS X:
  • Safari: Works well only if you are using OS 10.4 (Tiger) or higher.
  • Firefox
    • Check that Java is enabled on "Tools | Options | Content".

• Other platforms:  The software runs on Linux according to one report we've gotten but we have not tweaked and tested for that environments.  Please let us know if you are using an environment and would like it to be supported.