It is true that Java was the first widely available plugin, but how many people did really useful things in Java? It was always a pain, slow, difficult to use p

It is true that Java was the first widely available plugin, but how many people did really useful things in Java? It was always a pain, slow, difficult to use properly. Most people dreaded using Java and it only had a niche in enterprise applications. It was flash that made plugins look cool and brought innovative things like Youtube to the masses.