Re: What is wrong with Applets?

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Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.spamfilter@virtualinfinity.net>

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Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:50:43 -0700

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On 4/10/2010 4:35 PM, Richard Maher wrote:

Hi Daniel,

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On 4/9/2010 6:46 PM, Stefan Ram wrote:

Joshua Cranmer<Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> writes:

Java applets will typically be using default Swing or AWT
settings, so they really stick out if they have anything hinting at UI.

    By default, but they also could be hidden and modify the DOM:

        ?Through either the JavaScript DOM APIs or the
        Java Common DOM APIs, the Java applet can modify
        the web page dynamically?

https://jdk6.dev.java.net/plugin2/liveconnect/

True, but I have personally experienced issues (freezing, strange
behavior, etc...) with multi-threaded applets that rely on that
functionality (even when doing appropriate synchronizing and using the
DOM dispatcher thread).

Can you please explain further on how you are "using the DOM dispatcher
thread"? Are you still talking about the Liveconnect JSObject interface or
the Common DOM APIs?

I'm talking about the DOMService/DOMAction interface in:
<http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/plugin/developer_guide/java_js.html>

How are you telling your JSObject.call() to execute on the "DOM dispatcher
thread" and, with reference to the following link, what choice do we have?
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/jweb/applet/applet_execution.html

I'm not telling the method to execute anywhere. I'm executing it myself
through the DOMAction/DOMService API mentioned above.

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