applet

Perhaps there are strange applet fetishists who keep their Java package installs at the bleeding edge of postmodern Java applet specialness.

We tried a dozen of teleconferencing programs and none was able to beat Cisco Webex Java applet.

That's for OTP though, users with tokens or keyfile have to use the OpenSign applet still.

And as you note it seems to be a problem in the applet plugin, not necessarily the standalone J2SE runtime.

The problem with Java binaries on the client, was that the Java applet didn't have direct access to the DOM bindings.

The danish government used a Java-applet to confirm your identity up until October 2014, where it was replaced with a Javascript version.

The JVM-in-applet downsides (slow startup, memory hog due to fixed heap, unresizable, stuck in its box) were mostly contingent rather than necessary.

Oracle, however, hasn't even begun the official process of winding down applet support.

I wrote a fun multiplayer drawing applet (Java) back in 2000, but no one used it:( sob.

I hate that I have to use their applet crapstack, but it's not so simple to just turn it off.

Instead, the applet rendered it's own GUI via the plugin, and the look and behavior was inconsistent with the rest of the browser experience.

This could be offloaded to the client though, maybe using an applet.

Whenever people see a headline like "Java Vulnerability Found!", it is virtually always referring to the client-side applet plugin.

Originally there was the "Java applet" idea in the early days of the www.

Oracle's flagship ERP product is Applet-based, so I doubt that's going to happen anytime soon.