> Java applet could interact with the DOM directly It could. A funny piece of web-gore from that time: some mostly static websites (especially those made by pe

> Java applet could interact with the DOM directly It could. A funny piece of web-gore from that time: some mostly static websites (especially those made by people who didn't really know what they were doing), used Java Applets for client-side interactivity, like you would use Javascript in a server-rendered page today.