Unfortunately the same applies in Denmark, where it's needed even to log 
in. To make things worse, its primary purpose seems to be to be able to 
bootstrap unknown lazily-loaded code and use JNI to launch native stuff. 
*Head down in embarrassment*

On Tuesday, September 4, 2012 10:30:06 AM UTC+2, Jim Cheesman wrote:
>
> They're still used for things like browser-based digital signing, at least 
> here in Spain. The official ID card (which everyone over 16 is legally 
> obliged to possess) includes a digital certificate (actually 2) for access 
> to government services online. This is commonly implemented using a Java 
> applet. (OK, the access doesn't require an applet, but signing any official 
> request does.)
>
>
>
>
> On Thursday, 30 August 2012 23:39:53 UTC+2, Jon Kiparsky wrote:
>>
>> I thought applets had died out years ago...
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 5:36 PM, phil swenson <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> That's a great solution.  Kill Applets/JWS.  Maybe they could put those 
>>> resources into something useful.  They lost the UI wars (esp in the 
>>> browser) many years ago.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Puybaret <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The most weird thing is that Oracle didn't communicate on its web site 
>>>> about his issue yet. :-(
>>>> Do they want to kill Applets and JWS or what?
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