The old Netscape Java Applet APIs supported dom manipulation: http://www.java2s.com/Code/JavaScript/Development/UsingJavaScriptinanApplet.htm http://www.java2s

The old Netscape Java Applet APIs supported dom manipulation: http://www.java2s.com/Code/JavaScript/Development/UsingJavaScriptinanApplet.htm http://www.java2s.com/Code/JavaScript/Development/UsingJavaS... I believe that other browsers that supported applets supported these APIs as well. I don't think that anyone really wants to bring back Java Applets, though.