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by mynameishere 1070 days ago
No, Applets were just clunky and slow-loading--that's why they weren't popular. Any website loading one would freeze up the whole machine. But there were definitely Java Applet games, and I happen to remember the last one I ever played: Minecraft.

Flash loaded quickly and seamlessly, but otherwise had all the same problems.
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amlib 1070 days ago
Damn, I remember playing creative minecraft back in 2010, a surprisingly good experience for a java applet embedded in the browser. All running on linux with fairly smooth opengl rendering. I also remember using a wrapper/front-end called world of minecraft that allowed you to run the jar outside of the browser and even had multiplayer support...
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andai 1070 days ago
Does anyone know why applets loaded so slowly and flash loaded so fast?
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