FF not using the latest installed JRE?{resolved}

I can open applets fine in IE, and it must be using the latest JRE I have installed because the newest icon for the console shows up(do you know what im talking about?)..Then, once I try to open an applet in FF I get an exception, and I notice that it's the old icon appearing in the system tray, which tells me the old JRE is wanting used.

Here is the exception being thrown:

Code:

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java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: MortgageApplet (Unsupported major.minor version 49.0)

        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass0(Native Method)

        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:502)

        at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:123)

        at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findClass(AppletClassLoader.java:148)

        at sun.plugin.security.PluginClassLoader.findClass(PluginClassLoader.java:168)

        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:299)

        at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadClass(AppletClassLoader.java:114)

        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:255)

        at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadCode(AppletClassLoader.java:501)

        at sun.applet.AppletPanel.createApplet(AppletPanel.java:566)

        at sun.plugin.AppletViewer.createApplet(AppletViewer.java:1775)

        at sun.applet.AppletPanel.runLoader(AppletPanel.java:495)

        at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(AppletPanel.java:292)

        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)

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I've looked in the options of FF but cannot find any option to use the latest jre, but java is enabled.

If anyone can help(can't image who that would be) please do!

I don't know if you are having the same problem but when i used to go do my daily crosswords online over at usa today, fire fox would complain about my runtime and other stuff, so i just went to the control panel and removed the runtime then re dl'ed the newest version.

That did it. I uninstalled all the early versions of the JRE and it worked. But that still doesn't explain why IE knew what to use and FF didn't.

That might be because the <object> tag tells IE exactly which version of the plugin to use, while the <applet> or <embed> tag leaves FF guessing.
Just a possibility.