3 ms·

This is really nifty as a proof of concept, major kudos to the authors. However, it completely kills accessibility, so it's probably best to avoid for any serio

• pavlov 9y ago
  Yes, around 1996-97 there was a lot of hype around desktop applications delivered as applets. E.g. Corel Office for Java: http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Corel_Office_for_Java http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Corel_Office_for_Java
• jeffreportmill1 9y ago
  It was possible, but there were issues with performance, compatibility, security and configuration. Everyone had a different version of the Java plugin implemented with different platform Look-And-Feels (if you had the plugin at all). And then the browser vendors went to war against plugins. CheerpJ is a much better approach - doesn't require a separate plugin, doesn't have version problems, has inherent JS-sandbox security, uses the same look-and-feel and performs great (after initial download). For a large project, it's nice to have all the benefits of desktop development with a strongly typed language, but still have the ability to publish to the browser.
  • switchbak 9y ago
    One of the biggest impediments was that Microsoft had this crappy implementation of Java on IE that was simply useless. Making a portable (modern at the time) applet that worked in IE was essentially impossible. I have no doubt MS did that on purpose. All said, I think having a standardized binary ASM model in the browser is the right way to go, even if it is a couple decades later :)