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Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA

Date 2012-04-01 20:20 -0400
From Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk>
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA
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On 4/1/2012 2:39 PM, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:
> On 2/15/2012 6:50 AM, Richard Maher wrote:
>> Is anyone else gutted that the Chrome browser on Android will not support
>> JAVA, Flash or any other pluggin?
>>
>> I thought Google and Android were big on JAVA?
>
> I am starting to think that this whole idea of 'running applications
> in the cloud' will never work as well as running an application
> on the desktop.

It is 10+ years since many apps moved to web apps.

And whether the web app is hosted in house or in the cloud
does not have functional impact.

So it will work for many apps.

But there are probably also some apps that it will not work for.

> If I see the same thing with a choice of an applet or a jar file
> that I can download first and run on the PC, I now go for the jar
> file choice.
>
> The speed of the internet these days makes downloading things
> not an issue any more.
>
> People now think HTML5/Javascript is the next big thing, where
> everyone will write their wonderful advanced 20 million lines
> applications in HTML5 and Javascript.
>
> May be for simple games and basic app this will work, but
> for advanced applications where good and robust performance
> is important, running things directly on the desktop/computer
> will always be better than running things inside yet another
> software application like the browser.

HTML5/CSS/JS will still be mostly presentation layer.

For that purpose performance will be good enough for many
apps.

Arne

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Chrome for Android does not support JAVA "Richard Maher" <maher_rj@hotspamnotmail.com> - 2012-02-15 20:50 +0800
  Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-15 09:57 -0800
    Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-15 17:13 -0700
  Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-02-15 19:21 -0500
    Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-15 18:37 -0700
  Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Rajiv Gupta <rajiv@invalid.com> - 2012-02-16 13:21 +1100
    Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-02-16 21:23 -0500
      Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Rajiv Gupta <rajiv@invalid.com> - 2012-02-17 21:52 +1100
        Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 10:22 -0800
        Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-02-17 21:49 -0500
    Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Fredrik Jonson <fredrik@jonson.org> - 2012-02-17 18:53 +0000
      Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-02-17 15:38 -0500
        Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-02-17 21:36 -0500
      Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2012-02-17 21:53 +0100
    Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA "Richard Maher" <maher_rj@hotspamnotmail.com> - 2012-04-01 12:36 +0800
      Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-04-01 07:33 -0700
        Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA "Richard Maher" <maher_rj@hotspamnotmail.com> - 2012-04-16 21:07 +0800
          Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-04-16 14:22 -0700
            Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA "Richard Maher" <maher_rj@hotspamnotmail.com> - 2012-04-17 06:36 +0800
              Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-04-16 19:59 -0400
                Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-04-16 22:18 -0300
                Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-04-16 21:53 -0400
  Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org> - 2012-04-01 13:39 -0500
    Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Thufir <hawat.thufir@gmail.com> - 2012-04-01 13:50 -0700
      Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org> - 2012-04-01 17:28 -0500
        Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Thufir <hawat.thufir@gmail.com> - 2012-04-01 17:14 -0700
      Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-04-01 20:16 -0400
        Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-04-01 21:40 -0300
          Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Thufir <hawat.thufir@gmail.com> - 2012-04-01 19:00 -0700
            Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Silvio Bierman <silvio@moc.com> - 2012-04-02 10:45 +0200
          Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-04-01 22:19 -0400
            Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-04-02 07:09 -0300
              Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-04-02 20:02 -0400
                Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-04-02 20:41 -0700
                Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org> - 2012-04-02 22:42 -0500
                Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-04-03 08:13 -0700
                Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-04-03 09:46 -0700
                Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-04-03 19:42 -0400
                Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-04-03 19:35 -0400
                Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-04-03 17:04 -0700
                Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA eric@invalid.com (EricF) - 2012-04-04 03:36 +0000
                Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-04-04 19:35 -0400
                Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2012-04-04 18:42 +0000
                Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2012-04-04 18:42 +0000
    Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-04-01 20:20 -0400
      Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA "Richard Maher" <maher_rj@hotspamnotmail.com> - 2012-04-02 20:25 +0800
        Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Thufir <hawat.thufir@gmail.com> - 2012-04-02 08:44 -0700
          Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA "Richard Maher" <maher_rj@hotspamnotmail.com> - 2012-04-03 03:03 +0800
        Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-04-02 20:04 -0400
          Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA "Richard Maher" <maher_rj@hotspamnotmail.com> - 2012-04-09 08:49 +0800
    Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-04-01 22:49 -0700
      Re: Chrome for Android does not support JAVA Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-04-02 19:55 -0400

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