On 2016-11-09 04:43, Lars via Lazarus wrote: > One issue, back in the day, was that you could only use Java programming > language, right?
Hence the name "Java Applet" ;-) > Another issue with java applets is you had to make sure they were > installed correctly, No, the web server served it to the web browser, just like it does with HTML, CSS etc. Later they introduced WebStart which allows you to run the Java Applet or Application outside the browser window too - thus the embedded window was not a requirement any more. > Java applets required first downloading the JVM from Sun, right? Correct, just like you need to download and install a Flash plugin before you can view the crap flash-based ads. But if there was enough of a push, a Java runtime could easily have been included with a web browser (just like there Javascript Engines - Netscape did both, so did Opera back in the day), or include a Java runitem as standard with the OS itself (like IBM did with OS/2). But as with everything Internet based, everything has a maximum shelf life of 6-12 months, then something new must be introduced. Regards, Graeme -- fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal http://fpgui.sourceforge.net/ My public PGP key: http://tinyurl.com/graeme-pgp -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org http://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus