Missing Java plug ins with U.S. Patent office web site

Question

I am trying to utilize the U.S. patent web site and I am unable to view the publication images as the site states that I need to download a missing plug-in for Firefox. When I select the Missing Plug-in button I receive "No suitable Plug-ins Found".

I made sure that I have the most recent version of Java from the Ubuntu Software Center, restarted my browser, but yet have not been able to get this to work. The link I am trying is here.

Any suggestions? Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

Mozilla has disabled the icetea-plugin for security reasons. As far as i see, there has be no updates right now to fix this problem. You could enable that plugin in the Firefox AddOn/Plugins menu. But that is not recommended and then youre at your own for potential risks. The security issues that are adressed by the decission are in the wild and even if linux may not be the first target for attackers its a big potential security risk.