But java ISN'T annoying. All the problems you listed I have nover noticed. Whatever old version you had, they have changed it. Java does NOTHING unless it's being used.
Alright. I'm gonna update java on my laptop and see how's it working there, since I need java there anyway.
Then... minecraftin! :O
I think he is somewhat rightfully paranoid on what happens behind the scenes.
I am. About pretty much everything in any computer of mine. The only other thing that got me this paranoid was a certain .net module that would run an optimization code whenever the computer went into IDLE mode.
He's complaining about gratuitously computer-borking issues with Java.
At the very least you will have jusched.exe running about right now. Even if you turned off the update check. jqs.exe is likely to be running as well. They used to be very exploitable (And I don't doubt they still are) and perhaps my past experiences with java and yes, legit java installation, got me even more paranoid about it.
I must say the newer version I have running on my laptop has been smooth, but meh, never forgive, never forget. I will update it tonight and see how it goes, what sort of stuff I will have to remove right after installing. Again. -_-
Spoiler tags use javascript oh my god.
Javascript isn't java... Javascript was developed by netscape and later changed name to javascript for commercial reasons. You don't need java for javascript, it's part of the browser itself and has little to do with java.