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many tasks that are otherwise not possible by client-side scripting. However, this approach requires more
responsibility from the user, deciding whom he or she trusts. The related concerns include a non-responsive authority
server, wrong evaluation of the signer identity when issuing certificates, and known applet publishers still doing
something that the user would not approve of. Hence signed applets that appeared from Java 1.1 may actually have
more security concerns [42] .
Java security problems are not fundamentally different from similar problems of any client-side scripting platform.
In particular, all issues related to signed applets also apply to Microsoft ActiveX components.
Alternatives
Alternative technologies exist (for example, JavaScript, Curl, Flash, and Microsoft Silverlight) that satisfy some of
the scope of what is possible with an applet. Of these, JavaScript is not always viewed as a competing replacement;
JavaScript can coexist with applets in the same page, assist in launching applets (for instance, in a separate frame or
providing platform workarounds) and later be called from the applet code. [43]
See also
• ActiveX control
• Curl
• Java programming language
• Java Servlet
• Java Web Start
• JavaFX
External links
• Latest version of Sun Microsystems Java Virtual Machine [44] (includes browser plug-ins for running Java applets
in most web browsers).
• Information about writing applets from Sun Microsystems [45]
• Demonstration applets from Sun Microsystems [46] (JDK 1.4 - include source code)
• JavaRanch Applet FAQ [47]
• Pulpcore: Open-source 2D rendering and animation framework for the Java plug-in [48]
References
[1] World of Fungi (http:/ / www. world-of-fungi. org/ Models/ tropisms/ java_a. htm) - page of the scientific project, serving an applet that is
used as an illustration figure
[2] The home site of the 3D protein viewer (Openastexviewer) under LGPL (http:/ / openastexviewer. net/ web/ )
[3] The virtual hearth (http:/ / thevirtualheart. org/ CAPindex. html)
[4] The home site of the Mandelbrot set applet under GPL (http:/ / www. its. caltech. edu/ ~dannyc/ fractals/ simple. html)
[5] The home site of the chess applet under BSD (http:/ / english. op. org/ ~peter/ ChessApp/ )
[6] Java.Sun.com (http:/ / java. sun. com/ developer/ technicalArticles/ javase/ newapplets/ )
[7] Jython applet page (http:/ / www. jython. org/ archive/ 21/ applets/ index. html)
[8] About Java applets in Ruby (http:/ / michal. hantl. cz/ ruby-in-browser-jruby-inside-an-applet/ )
[9] At tool to produce Java applets with SmartEiffel (http:/ / eiffelzone. com/ esd/ wrapj/ index. html)
[10] Paul Falstad online applet portal (http:/ / www. falstad. com/ mathphysics. html)
[11] Jraft.com (http:/ / www. jcraft. com/ jcterm/ )
[12] ObjectPlanet.com (http:/ / www. objectplanet. com/ newsticker/ ), an applet that works as news ticker
[13] Sferyx.com (http:/ / www. sferyx. com/ ), a company that produces applets acting as WYSWYG editor.
[14] Cortado applet to play ogg format
[15] An example of the 2005 year performance benchmarking (http:/ / www. timestretch. com/ FractalBenchmark. html)
[16] JavaWorld.com (http:/ / www. javaworld. com/ javaworld/ jw-07-2001/ jw-0706-webstart. html)
[17] JavaChannel.net (http:/ / javachannel. net/ wiki/ pmwiki. php/ FAQ/ Applets)