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Re: applets

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From David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca>
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Subject Re: applets
Date Thu, 14 Jun 2012 10:09:27 -0400
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On 14/06/2012 4:00 AM, Roedy Green wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 07:54:47 -0700 (PDT), bob smith
> <bob@coolfone.comze.com>  wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone
> who said :
>> Do any serious Java developers still work on applets?  Or are they pretty much dead?
>
> The advantage is people can play with them without any commitment to
> install.  They require no skill to use.  You just start clicking.

You can "just start clicking" with Java Web Start as well, as long as 
you've installed a Java implementation. ISTR that Sun introduced JWS in 
part because browser implementations of Java (as used by applets) 
weren't keeping up with changes and at the time in particular often 
didn't have any of the javax.* packages.

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applets bob smith <bob@coolfone.comze.com> - 2012-06-13 07:54 -0700
  Re: applets Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com> - 2012-06-13 08:07 -0700
  Re: applets markspace <-@.> - 2012-06-13 08:30 -0700
    Re: applets Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com> - 2012-06-13 21:43 -0700
    Re: applets Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-06-17 18:40 -0400
    Re: applets Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-06-17 18:44 -0400
  Re: applets "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org> - 2012-06-14 01:39 -0500
  Re: applets Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-06-14 01:00 -0700
    Re: applets Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-06-14 03:08 -0700
      Re: applets Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-06-16 17:28 -0700
    Re: applets David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca> - 2012-06-14 10:09 -0400
      Re: applets Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-06-16 17:32 -0700
  Re: applets Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-06-17 18:38 -0400

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