Java applets may yet fulfill their original promise. Demand for a richer Web GUI is growing, and no other technology on the horizon offers Java’s cross-platform, cross-browser portability.

Another piece of old, insecure web infrastructure is about to ... which was acquired by Oracle in 2010, introduced Java applets in 1995 and the technology was briefly popular with scientists ...

“Applets have swung back to being a popular way of delivering functionality through the Web,” Bryant said. The Java update has been viewed as a companion to Sun’s new JavaFX technology for ...

SAN FRANCISCO (10/18/2007) – With an eye toward both consumer and enterprise needs, Sun Microsystems is reworking the plug-in architecture of Java ... applets in a separate process than the Web ...

The web server that actually holds the file sees it as a GIF file, and serves it accordingly, but when the "image" actually reaches the client, it's opened as a Java applet and run. Simply viewing ...

In addition to security fixes, the new update will also make changes to how Java applets — Web-based Java applications — are handled and presented in Web browsers that have the Java plug-in ...

The update is available in the Mac App Store. Of note, the updates “uninstalls the Apple-provided Java applet plug-in from all web browsers.” New Macs do not come with Java installed and newer ...

Java is also used to create miniature, dynamic programs that run alongside or are embedded within Web pages. These programs are called applets and can be used to display maps, weather, games or ...

This week's Java ... Web Profile; the eleventh milestone release of GlassFish 8.0.0; point releases TornadoVM 1.1.0, Micronaut 4.8.0 and JHipster 8.10.0; and a new JEP candidate to remove the ...