Re: Applet Question
On 11/9/2011 4:23 PM, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:
On 11/6/2011 2:20 PM, Arne Vajh?j wrote:
On 10/26/2011 1:54 PM, Novice wrote:
Have applets become obsolete?
They are still fully supported by Java.
They are no longer widely used on WWW.
AJAX JavaScript, Flash, SilverLight etc. has taken that
market.
it looks like Flash is sliding away?
"November 9, 2011 03:53 PM ET"
"Adobe's decision to stop Flash Player development for mobile browsers
will likely be repeated for browsers on the desktop, just not anytime soon,
analysts said today"
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9221691/Flash_Player_demise_on_desktop_inevitable_but_years_away_say_analysts
May be time to start learning HTML5? I wonder if one can do OO in HTML5 ;)
Flash never really made it into mobile browsers.
So this decision is somewhat more recognizing fact than a change
of direction.
Flash will live for many years in desktop browsers.
Eventually it will disappear there too.
Technology changes over time.
Arne
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