what's a stable java version?

hi, my browser takes gets stuck when loading some pages that contain java (running opera 7.11/suse8.2/xd2). i gather from the opera website that it's java's fault and they suggest replacing it with an older stable version. this happens for example in yahoo as it tries to load the ad banner - it gets stuck for about 30 seconds or so. i have tried sun/blackdown 1.4.1 and sun 1.4.2 but does pretty much the same thing (though 1.4.2 is slightly better at it). thanks, j. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com