Will new Java Browser Plug-in make java applets sexy again?
Everybody knows the drawbacks of Java Applets, such long loading times, browser freezing and stability problems. That fact does not make java applet popular ( Simple query on Google trends as evidence). The most of that problems lie in java browser plug-in itself, which was not really good and was not improved over time. Since last weeks.
As Ajaxian reports Sun has ground up rewritten the browser java Plug-in. Following was done in this rebuild.
- Improved scripting support (So java/javascript integration is better)
- Improved reliability
- Supports more powerful applets (applets can ask for more memory)
- Better windows vista support (signed applets)
- Enterprise features (run one applet in a particular JRE version)
The last point sounds very interesting for me. Earlier i have had much to do with applets, developing them for particular (old ) java version (corporate standard), but using in development newest version. So it was not always comfortable thing.
We will see what that plug-in brings!
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