- From: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
- Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 10:48:19 +0200
On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 04:29:25 +0200, Asbj?rn Ulsberg <asbjorn at ulsberg.no> wrote: >>> * <applet>: the (old) way of activating Java. Probably must also die, >>> though I'm unsure about this one. >> >> Why must it die? Browsers have to support it anyway, so documenting it >> and letting it pass conformance checking seems sensible. > > I agree to documenting it, but it should definately be deprecated in > favour of e.g. <object>. Because? >> I don't like applets, either. In fact I've never seen a Java applet >> that wasn't either useless, better implemented in JavaScript, better >> implemented in Flash or better in a window of its own rather than in a >> replaced element rectangle. Still, pretending that <applet> doesn't >> exist won't make applets disappear. :-( > > It's not about fighting Java on the web, it's about not giving it its > own special element, when -- as you point out -- it does exactly the > same as Flash does, which doesn't have its own element. Java already has its own element. Not much chance you can take it away at this point. -- Anne van Kesteren <http://annevankesteren.nl/> <http://www.opera.com/>
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