When Direct proxy configuration is set in netscape6 proxy preferences and "Use browser settings" is set in the Plug-in Control panel, Plug-in uses manual
Proxy configuration settings which is not choosen in the browser.Tested on windows 98/NS4.08/NS4.61/NS6 with the latest Netscape 6 (11/15/2000).

This bug is also reported in the Bugzilla Bug id: 48336

Java Console output with different Netscape Browser is attached with this bug.


To reproduce this bug , follow these steps.

1. Remove the proxy settings in all the other browsers installed on the system.

  Netscape -> Edit preferences ->Proxies -> remove proxies -> choose direct connection
  IE ->Tools -> Internet Options ->Connections ->LAN Settings -> Remove proxies

2. Invoke Netscape 6 ->Edit ->Advance->proxies->

   In the manual proxy settings choose "webcache-cup" or any other proxy
   Now choose direct connection option in the proxy settings.

   (choosing the direct connection( "radio button") but manual is set with the
    proxy address)

3. Enable Java console ,Set the Trace level to 3 in the Java Console
   Run the following applet

  http://sqesvr.eng.sun.com/deployment1/ws/doc/proc/JPI_bat.html

  In the Java Console you can notice the applet is being loaded through proxy
  
  Below is the output from the Java Console using Netscape 6

  

Java(TM) Plug-in: Version 1.3.0_01
Using JRE version 1.3.0_01 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
User home directory = C:\WINDOWSProxy Configuration: Browser Proxy Configuration
----------------------------------------------------
c: clear console window
f: finalize objects on finalization queue
g: garbage collect
h: display this help message
l: dump classloader list
m: print memory usage
q: hide console
s: dump system properties
t: dump thread list
x: clear classloader cache
0-5: set trace level to <n>
----------------------------------------------------
Trace level set to 3: basic, net, security ... completed.
Registered modality listener
Referencing classloader: sun.plugin.ClassLoaderInfo@18c56d, refcount=1
Added trace listener: sun.plugin.navig.win32.AppletPluginPanel[DigitalClock,0,0,170x150,invalid,layout=java.awt.BorderLayout]
Sending events to applet. LOAD
Sending events to applet. INIT
Sending events to applet. START
Determine if the applet requests to install any HTML page
HTML Installation finished.
Determine if the applet requests to install any JAR
Jar cache option: null
Jar archive(s): null
Jar cache version(s): null
Applet Installation finished.
Opening http://sqesvr.eng.sun.com/deployment1/ws/tests/autotests/mimetypes/testcases/DigitalClock.class
Connecting http://sqesvr.eng.sun.com/deployment1/ws/tests/autotests/mimetypes/testcases/DigitalClock.class with proxy=webcache-cup:8080
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Using proxy for direct connection.