Removing Applets From Java
Andrew Oliver (via Hacker News):
Applets are officially, completely removed from Java 26, coming in March of 2026. This brings to an official end the era of applets, which began in 1996. However, for years it has been possible to build modern, interactive web pages in Java without needing applets or plugins. TeaVM provides fast, performant, and lightweight tooling to transpile Java to run natively in the browser.
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December 8, 2025 5:17 PM
Maybe the last gasp of the '90s tech obsession with embedding applications within other applications (providing mostly a bad experience and/or user confusion.) Java Applets, ActiveX, OLE, Publish and Subscribe, OpenDoc, and probably others that I am forgetting.
