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Re: question on current state of using Java for applet

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On 28-01-2011 22:07, steveh44 wrote:
> On Jan 28, 8:16 am, Roedy Green<see_webs...@mindprod.com.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>
>> The big advantage of Applets is you can show them off easily to anyone
>> visiting your website. Far fewer people will download and run your
>> code.
>
> yup, that is the main reason I am looking at it.
>
> But why does it say on wiki the following:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_applet
>
> "Many Java developers, blogs and magazines are recommending that the
> Java Web Start technology be used in place of Applets."

You can use JWS with applets.

> I've seen some really cool applets out there, but most have time
> stamps from 10 years ago or so.  Any new sites with new applets to
> look at?
>
> For example, went to http://javaboutique.internet.com/byDate/
>
> And it looks like they stopped updating the date table in 2005.
>
> I am not sure html5 and javascript will have as many features as Java
> to do simulations inside HTML. Java should have much more libraries
> and GUI features than Javascript I would think.
>
> I  am just worried that I do not seem to hear or see much about
> applets any more. When Java was new, everyone was talking about
> applets.

Java has been very server centric for at least a decade.

Flash has taken the market that was applets 10-15 years ago.
With Silverligth as outsider today.

But what worked 10-15 years ago will still work.

And if you need to support *nix desktop users and
you just don't like Flash, then Java applets is an
obvious choice.

Arne

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Re: question on current state of using Java for applet steveh44 <steve_h44@yahoo.com> - 2011-01-28 19:07 -0800
  Re: question on current state of using Java for applet Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-01-28 22:13 -0500

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