Java applets may yet fulfill their original promise. Demand for a richer Web GUI is growing, and no other technology on the horizon offers Java’s cross-platform, cross-browser portability.

That is especially true for end-user applications that require a sophisticated GUI for which even technologies such as DHTML aren’t sufficient or efficient enough. Java applets were introduced ...

saw a Web browser and thought it was an applet,” he jokes. His point: Java was miscast as a mobile and portable GUI. Its real mission in life was to become a platform for network services.

Java's origins trace back to the early 1990s, when a team at Sun Microsystems led by James Gosling set out to develop a language for interactive ...

The update is available in the Mac App Store. Of note, the updates “uninstalls the Apple-provided Java applet plug-in from all web browsers.” New Macs do not come with Java installed and newer ...

In addition to security fixes, the new update will also make changes to how Java applets—Web-based Java applications—are handled and presented in Web browsers that have the Java plug-in enabled.

The NGSSoftware team has found a way to embed a Java applet within a GIF; the hybridized file is referred to as a GIFAR. Just to make it clear, this is a file extension of convenience and not the ...

This week's Java roundup for March 31st ... and a new JEP candidate to remove the Applet API. Jakarta EE 11 Web Profile is released! It's a little later than planned, but we're finally there ...

In addition to security fixes, the new update will also make changes to how Java applets — Web-based Java applications — are handled and presented in Web browsers that have the Java plug-in ...

ROUNDUP: The worst data breaches (so far) ] In addition to security fixes, the new update will also make changes to how Java applets — Web-based Java applications — are handled and presented ...