NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 03:00:13 -0500 Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 09:00:13 +0100 From: lipska the kat User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:16.0) Gecko/20121010 Thunderbird/16.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Java vs JavaScript References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Lines: 22 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-AuthenticatedUsername: NoAuthUser X-Trace: sv3-eUjFBDjtJpq/2versUvXxRn1cCEWxGNVJuKNlSfqoSFAMnucWowpZSrtO8QAJJKw8FW5A/la9s1Xb4G!ltxdGrf8At0fsQl2sN1fKPzSdqXtAWQDMeft7bi2KlC+sOdoS7pao9Xx3c1WiCzZFccfZldm0Fc= X-Complaints-To: abuse@btinternet.com X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@btinternet.com X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 1952 Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.stben.net!border3.nntp.ams.giganews.com!backlog3.nntp.ams.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.bt.com!news.bt.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:28249 On 24/04/14 09:15, Richard Maher wrote: > On 4/23/2014 11:39 PM, Roedy Green wrote: >> There is something odd going on. >> >> I have always thought the Java sandbox was so restrictive, there was >> nothing a user need worry about. There is no way an unsigned applet >> could do any damage. > > As usual the cognoscente here do not know what they are talking about > :-( WebApps have moved on but they'll never replace the functionality > Applets provide out-of-the-box! Have you seen what some people can do with HTML5? -- lipska the kat - treacherous feline. Proudly nominated for IPOTY 2014 - LIGAF GNU/Linux user #560883 - linuxcounter.net