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Ironic, given Java Applets were going to run in browsers

• pjmlp 2y ago
  They were running, not going to, until Java 8. While Java Kernel did improve download times against Flash, the latter tooling was much better, and still downloaded faster. Had it not been for Apple and iOS forbidden, mostly due to app store than security concerns, and classical plugins would be around. Since browsers never contended themselves with being document only, leaving the rest for native apps, now we have plugins back.
  • worik 2y ago
    > They were running, not going to, until Java 8. Back in the '90s I tried hard, and succeeded, in getting Java applets to work in a browser If I recall correctly it was clunky and quite annoying. Flash succeeded, sort of, but was also clunky. But I think both were ahead of their time.