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Java in the browser used to be called applets, no? Anyways, it failed, thought that probably had a lot to do with: JavaScript being more accessible (still is)

Java in the browser used to be called applets, no? Anyways, it failed, thought that probably had a lot to do with: JavaScript being more accessible (still is) and the security model for applets (JAAS) being rather lame (it was, and still is, and it continues to exist in spite of applets being gone because JAAS metastasized).

phendrenad2 4y ago
Yes. Java was removed from browsers due to "security concerns", and yet, here we are, compiling Java to WASM and running it in the browser. Truth is, removing it was more of a political move against Oracle.