build tested - 6u10 jre b08 from the following location
/net/koori/onestop/jdk/6u10/promoted/ea/b08/bundles/windows-i586

Enable the next generation java plugin

Invoke the following applet in IE browser
http://sqeweb.sfbay.sun.com/deployment2/jitu/plug-bug/ALC/JOptionPaneTest.html

Java Console gets killed whenever the applet is reloaded (most of the times) with the following exception.
Note - This behavior is not there with old Plugin.
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-2" java.lang.NullPointerException: null pData
at sun.awt.windows.WFramePeer.getState(Native Method)
at sun.awt.windows.WEmbeddedFramePeer.getState(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Frame.getExtendedState(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Frame.getState(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Frame.removeNotify(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Window$1DisposeAction.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Window.doDispose(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Window.dispose(Unknown Source)
at sun.awt.AppContext$4.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container$2.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)