[Lazarus] Help System with Chromium Embedded component

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On 2016-11-09 04:43, Lars via Lazarus wrote:

> One issue, back in the day, was that you could only use Java programming
> language, right?

Hence the name "Java Applet"  ;-)



> Another issue with java applets is you had to make sure they were
> installed correctly,

No, the web server served it to the web browser, just like it does with
HTML, CSS etc. Later they introduced WebStart which allows you to run
the Java Applet or Application outside the browser window too - thus the
embedded window was not a requirement any more.


> Java applets required first downloading the JVM from Sun, right?

Correct, just like you need to download and install a Flash plugin
before you can view the crap flash-based ads. But if there was enough of
a push, a Java runtime could easily have been included with a web
browser (just like there Javascript Engines - Netscape did both, so did
Opera back in the day), or include a Java runitem as standard with the
OS itself (like IBM did with OS/2).

But as with everything Internet based, everything has a maximum shelf
life of 6-12 months, then something new must be introduced.

Regards,
  Graeme

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