On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 04:29:25 +0200, Asbjørn Ulsberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
* <applet>: the (old) way of activating Java. Probably must also die,
though I'm unsure about this one.
Why must it die? Browsers have to support it anyway, so documenting it
and letting it pass conformance checking seems sensible.
I agree to documenting it, but it should definately be deprecated in
favour of e.g. <object>.
Because?
I don't like applets, either. In fact I've never seen a Java applet
that wasn't either useless, better implemented in JavaScript, better
implemented in Flash or better in a window of its own rather than in a
replaced element rectangle. Still, pretending that <applet> doesn't
exist won't make applets disappear. :-(
It's not about fighting Java on the web, it's about not giving it its
own special element, when -- as you point out -- it does exactly the
same as Flash does, which doesn't have its own element.
Java already has its own element. Not much chance you can take it away at
this point.
--
Anne van Kesteren
<http://annevankesteren.nl/>
<http://www.opera.com/>
