Initially, Java classes for applets were downloaded separately, which took a long time. That was especially true in HTTP 1.0, which opened and closed a socket connection for every file downloaded.

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.

I am trying to learn Java using the JDK I downloaded from the Sun Site, I got a book and am following tutorials. I use a Windows XP SP1 box at home and user with admin privileges.<BR><BR>I begun ...

Oracle will release a new version of Java on Tuesday that will include 42 security fixes and will make changes to how Web-based Java content will be presented inside browsers.

The NGSSoftware team has found a way to embed a Java applet within a GIF; the hybridized file is referred to as a GIFAR. Just to make it clear, this is a file extension of convenience and not the ...

Oracle will release a new version of Java on Tuesday that will include 42 security fixes and will make changes to how Web-based Java content will be presented inside browsers.