The new version comes with better security and new features

Apr 16, 2014 13:48 GMT  ·  By

Java JRE 8 Update 5 was officially launched today, coming with a long list of improvements, as well as bug fixes and security enhancements for all Windows users.

According to the official release notes, the new version changes the frequency of some security dialogs, so they now show up less often to make sure that users aren’t bothered so much.

At the same time, it also comes with some new options aimed at developers and although regular users might not be so interested in this, it’s still important for everyone to update.

Quote from the change log provided to us this morning:

“If a stand-alone asterisk (*) is specified as the value for the Caller-Allowable-Codebase attribute, then calls from JavaScript code to RIA will show a security warning, and users have the choice to allow the call or block the call.”

Plenty of bug fixes have also been included in the package, while the feature lineup remains basically unchanged, which means that you can still create apps on a single platform and use them virtually everywhere, no matter the operating system the target device is using.

Overall, this new update should be great news for everyone creating apps in Java, so download Java JRE 8 Update 5 right now to see what’s new.