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Re: question on current state of using Java for applet

From	Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: question on current state of using Java for applet
Date	2011-01-28 08:16 -0800
Organization	Canadian Mind Products
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On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:12:31 -0800 (PST), steveh44
<steve_h44@yahoo.com> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who
said :

>Is this still a good idea to do these days? I read some time ago that
>applets do not work well in browsers and can cause problems and slow,
>and such.  This was few years ago.

Applets work fine. The old simple <applet HTML works fine. They still
have the disadvantage of a long wait while Java loads for the first
time.  This gives Java itself the undeserved reputation of being slow.

However, Applets add a number of complications, mostly around
security.  To learn, do standalone Applications first, or write Hybrid
applets and debug them as apps. See
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/applet.html

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.

-- 
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
http://mindprod.com
To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.
~ Farmer's Almanac
It is breathtaking how a misplaced comma in a computer program can
shred megabytes of data in seconds.

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question on current state of using Java for applet steveh44 <steve_h44@yahoo.com> - 2011-01-28 00:12 -0800
  Re: question on current state of using Java for applet Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-01-29 14:18 -0800
  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
  Re: question on current state of using Java for applet Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-01-28 08:17 -0800
    Re: question on current state of using Java for applet Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-01-28 10:55 -0800
    Re: question on current state of using Java for applet markspace <nospam@nowhere.com> - 2011-01-28 08:34 -0800
  Re: question on current state of using Java for applet Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-01-28 08:16 -0800
  Re: question on current state of using Java for applet Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-01-28 08:40 -0500

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