Javaworld about Applets and Java’s RIA future

These are two very interesting articles about applets, their history and predictions about their future.

Are applets making a comeback? by Jeff Friesen.
Jeff asked some Gurus (Roman Guy, Chet Haase, Jim Weaver and others) about their opinion. I found it very interesting how Roman and Chet, authors of Filthy Rich Clients, responded to the questions. For [...]

Java Applets! Dead? Rockin?

Java Applets are the unwelcome guests at a party. They always arrive too late (long startup time), they are fat (favorite food is memory and cpu cycles), and they know everything and can do everything (a lot of frameworks and desktop like behavior), smart-asses. That’s why nobody invites them anymore. Only from time to time [...]