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So many java applets. The dark corners of modern web. I'm never ever going to run one of those again in my browser.

jokoon 12y ago
Oddly my java installation refuse to run those applets for some security reason, it has been like this for any other applets for a long time now. I don't think I even want to try to fix it. java is sad. what's more depressing is that I'm in an internship in some pharma research company, and we're using java. I really need the job experience and the degree, but it's weird how sad I feel to sit in front of java code. Coding is not fun anymore, and it makes me so unproductive. I need to hug a C programmer.
- logn 12y ago
  Java is alive and well, but Java Applets are dead. And enterprise Java is depressing. Some projects that make Java more fun/relevant: https://playframework.com/ https://playframework.com/ https://jersey.java.net/ https://jersey.java.net/
a3n 12y ago
I just did. I'm never going to run one of those things again in my browser. After Firefox prompted me to enable icedtea, I clicked through some warnings about unsigned applets, and then my browser slushed up. No applet appeared to be running. I closed that tab, and it took around a minute for the tab to disappear. Meanwhile I tried to go to other tabs, and the title bar changed the indicated tab but the tab didn't actually change. Closed the browser. Waited a decent interval. Tried to open firefox but I got the "I'm already running!" complaint. Waited. Complained. Waited. Complained. pgreg. htop. No indication of firefox or java or icedtea running. Eventually the blockage passed through the system and I could run Firefox again. Firefox? Java? Icedtea? Incompatible jvms in a "write once, run anywhere that the jvm that I developed my applet on is running" ecosystem? DKDC, it's not at all important to my home or work life (fortunately). EDIT: To be minimally fair, I play Minecraft on the same Linux as I was running above. It's a java desktop, not a browser app.

Oddly my java installation refuse to run those applets for some security reason, it has been like this for any other applets for a long time now. I don't think I even want to try to fix it. java is sad. what's more depressing is that I'm in an internship in some pharma research company, and we're using java. I really need the job experience and the degree, but it's weird how sad I feel to sit in front of java code. Coding is not fun anymore, and it makes me so unproductive. I need to hug a C programmer.

logn 12y ago
Java is alive and well, but Java Applets are dead. And enterprise Java is depressing. Some projects that make Java more fun/relevant: https://playframework.com/ https://playframework.com/ https://jersey.java.net/ https://jersey.java.net/

a3n 12y ago

I just did. I'm never going to run one of those things again in my browser. After Firefox prompted me to enable icedtea, I clicked through some warnings about unsigned applets, and then my browser slushed up. No applet appeared to be running. I closed that tab, and it took around a minute for the tab to disappear. Meanwhile I tried to go to other tabs, and the title bar changed the indicated tab but the tab didn't actually change. Closed the browser. Waited a decent interval. Tried to open firefox but I got the "I'm already running!" complaint. Waited. Complained. Waited. Complained. pgreg. htop. No indication of firefox or java or icedtea running. Eventually the blockage passed through the system and I could run Firefox again. Firefox? Java? Icedtea? Incompatible jvms in a "write once, run anywhere that the jvm that I developed my applet on is running" ecosystem? DKDC, it's not at all important to my home or work life (fortunately). EDIT: To be minimally fair, I play Minecraft on the same Linux as I was running above. It's a java desktop, not a browser app.