Java 26 is here, and with it a solid foundation for the future

Re:Java 26 is here, and with it a solid foundation for the f... by vyskocilm on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @03:29PM (#47417101)

JEP 504: Remove the Applet API

Glad to see this being removed. Java plugins especially on Linux were awful and required by tons of corporate stuff. Anyone remeber IcedTea Web? A functional and opensource Java plugin and Java Webstart implementation?

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Re:Java 26 is here, and with it a solid foundation for the f... by hju22_-3 on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @03:46PM (#47417338)

Remember IcedTea Web? Oh boy, I still have environments that use it.

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Re:Java 26 is here, and with it a solid foundation for the f... by cyberax on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @03:50PM (#47417387)

I made several Webstart corporate apps back in the day! The infrastructure was pretty neat, when it worked. And it was a whole lot better than JS back then, still in the IE6 times.

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Re:Java 26 is here, and with it a solid foundation for the f... by vyskocilm on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @05:52PM (#47418841)

Yeah XMLHttpRequest and activex thing IE6 had. That was Javascript style that days.

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Re:Java 26 is here, and with it a solid foundation for the f... by anthony88 on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @05:58PM (#47418913)

Note that the the Java plugin and webstart was removed a long time ago.

I personally regret that the API was removed as it's a few classes and they are still used. Just search JApplet on Github. It's also possible to run applets in the modern browsers with WASM or in Java IDE's as plugin.

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