Re:WebAssembly, an executable format for the web
by alexasmyths on Monday December 11, 2017 @09:00PM
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#1 issue with applets was integration. Was it on the browser? Which version? How does auto-update work? etc.
Adobe did an amazing job of making sure Flash was there, and seamless. To the point people barely had an awareness.
Java Applets failed because Sun was a 'debating society' (per James Gosling). Definitely not a consumer oriented company, thinking about end user behaviour etc..
Other reasons as well, but that's #1.
Source: me, deployed a bunch of Enterprise projects on Applets back in the day.
Adobe did an amazing job of making sure Flash was there, and seamless. To the point people barely had an awareness.
Java Applets failed because Sun was a 'debating society' (per James Gosling). Definitely not a consumer oriented company, thinking about end user behaviour etc..
Other reasons as well, but that's #1.
Source: me, deployed a bunch of Enterprise projects on Applets back in the day.