Applets when they came out were pretty much useful only for developers and those who fascinated 'something new'. This was not even 10% of the market as Sun would have expected to cover.
Comes in broadband, excellent time to spread Applet mania, but alas also comes in Microsoft, with more than 94% of browser and 80% of OS market, also with a softcorner for Sun. also with not fully compatible jvm 1.1, lawsuits blah blah etc..... making sure the Applet user percentage remain static if not worse.
Then there were other reasons like "fairly complex security cert creation and deployment" and of course that humongous size of new jvms.... 15MB!! that alone wud make me not want to install a PLUGIN that big, and then wait for it to show me something like "hello user , do u like my applet?? i am a java newbie hee hee" !!!
That said... personally I find applets very useful. I have made really cool applets (like remote desktop using tightVNC behind proxy and firewalls) and continue to use them. And oh....if anybody is noticing.... there seems to be growth in number of applets for . again?!! ... hmmm ... or maybe its just a figment of my own imagination! ;) |
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