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The Java Applet was this. Flash also was this. Now the browser is just a bloated pile of crap.

• Capricorn2481 3y ago
  As opposed to Java applets?
  • bullen 3y ago
    Java is the best thing we have gotten since C in 1970. That was 30 years ago. Since then everyone has been copying Java: C#, WASM, Go, Rust... nothing even scratches the surface. And it never was insecure, it was removed by the same people that leverages consume only devices and root certificates. That said I'm actually a proponent of bringing back the MIDlet, J2ME was the best software platform ever created.
    • Capricorn2481 3y ago
      You misunderstand me. I think Java's great. Java applets were quite bloated. moreso than Electron. You can still make Java Applets if you want, but people have moved on.
      • bullen 3y ago
        Applets where bloated by programmers, my Applets where super lean. No, I can't develop Applets, they are disabled in all browsers.