You won't find Java/Applets on your usual flyby website hoping to capture you in your procrastination time, nor in one the usual tech sites. However, it's used

You won't find Java/Applets on your usual flyby website hoping to capture you in your procrastination time, nor in one the usual tech sites. However, it's used in many more specialized areas. Here's a few areas I've used it recently: * HP integrated Lights Out (i.e. your server appears dead, you fire up a browser, gets a java applet with direct access to the server/bios) * My bank. Seems most online banking here in Europe use java applets. This is a common case. There's millions of people, non-tech people, that wants online access to their bank. * Provisioning a point to point radio link (the management app was a Java webapp - started with java web start, not an applet though)