Java applets are also used in Australia to access the Tax Office and other departments online services using digital certificates.
I worked in the responsible team for 5 years. For obvious reasons I can't discuss in detail. That said, its hard to refute that implementing a single Java applet is a lot more cost effective than developing and maintaining native add-ons (or plugins) for two platforms and six different browsers. As far as I know, the EcmaScript standard doesn't define an interface for x.509 / pkcs#11. If it did, there would be significantly fewer applets in the world. Mind you, people would then ring up and complain when their key store doesn't persist between browsers (due to a lack of CAPI / Keychain integration). =) On Wednesday, September 5, 2012, Casper Bang wrote: > 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? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "Java Posse" group. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/* >>>>> *msg/javaposse/-/Hd0qa0F-uyAJ<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/Hd0qa0F-uyAJ> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected]**. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >>>>> group/javaposse?hl=en <http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Java Posse" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]**. >>>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >>>> group/javaposse?hl=en <http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en>. >>>> >>> >>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Java Posse" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/TO_UlkRyrDEJ. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > 'javaposse%[email protected]');>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
