Everything technology has some tradeoffs, one has to check all the needs and performance into picture. If one wants to give a very good interface then obviously will use applet but download time and all will also be there.
Regards Bhushan -----Original Message----- From: A mailing list for discussion about Sun Microsystem's Java Servlet API Technology. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of viju Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 9:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: why still need applet? but applet seems to take lots of time to load,... what can be said on this.... Vj ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Weller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday,February 25,2003 9:25 PM Subject: Re: why still need applet? > > > > with servlet and jsp, it's so easy to build the web page, why > > > > still need the applet? in what situation, applet is more > > > > suitable? > > > > > > Some reasons (and there are a lot more): > > > - ability to keep permanent connections > > > - ability to have a full-blown GUI with all a desktop app can have > (there > > > are lots of things you cannot model with HTML and CSS) > > > - ability to put logic on the client (keyword "thick client") > > > - independence of the browser (In most cases a complex, dynamic > > > client > UI > > > can be build simpler when using an applet than by using > > > client-side scripting langs) > > > > Any document to support these points..? > > > > Uhm, no... > But how do you keep a permanent connection to a server/servlet without using > an applet ? > All other points I listed could be done by scripts and HTML controls. > But how do you implement a complex GUI in a browser-independ way? If you're > using client-side scripting, you'll have a different script for almost every > browser you want to support. And what if scripting is disabled? It's > just much simpler to use an applet in such cases, it's not the only > way. Maybe it's just because I don't like JavaScript or how browser > vendors implement it in their products :-D > > -mw > > ________________________________________________________________________ ___ > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > > Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html > Resources: > http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html > LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html ________________________________________________________________________ ___ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
