[DGD] How to make a Java applet modify a web page

[bart at wotf.org]

Not to mention, finding the right java 
version clientside has become quite a 
hassle, so you'd have to write something 
that works with a bunch of different and 
subtly incompatible java versions. Also, 
clientside java is a pain in resource use 
and can be a real pita on many popular 
mobile platforms. Serverside it is a very 
powerful tool but clientside java is dying 
a slow but well deserved death, and if you 
xan avoid postponing that death you will be 
doing yourself and your users a favor.

Bart

On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 19:39:35 -0600, Jared 
Maddox wrote
> > Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 12:56:14 -0800
> > From: Raymond Jennings 
<shentino at gmail.com>
> > To: All about DGD and Hydra 
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> > Subject: Re: [DGD] How to make a Java 
applet modify a web page
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> > Just did some research to find out what 
websockets actually are.
> >
> > Are they pervasive enough that I can 
safely assume user's browsers will
> > support them?
> >
> 
> Depends on what you're willing to NOT 
support. Certain minor browsers
> still don't support Javascript. 
Regardless, I'd advise sticking to 
> the 
HTML/CSS/Javasript(WebSockets/AJAX/Comet) 
approach. If you can support
> all three of those then you should be 
covered (disclaimer: I would 
> use Comet as little as possible, and most 
likely only in whatever 
> "client-boot" code you may require).
> 
> WebSockets and AJAX should probably be 
considered alternatives to 
> each other. Involving Java seems to me to 
be patently unnecessary
> (especially since you might be able to 
run multiple AJAX requests at 
> once). 
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