https://www.rik-kisnah.ai/tags/dorms/Recent content in Dorms on Rik Kisnah - BlogHugoenTue, 21 Nov 2000 00:00:00 +0000https://www.rik-kisnah.ai/posts/java-applets-journey-2000/Tue, 21 Nov 2000 00:00:00 +0000https://www.rik-kisnah.ai/posts/java-applets-journey-2000/“Write Once, Run Anywhere” (2000) Java shipped 1995. By 2000, Sun was convinced: Java applets would replace native applications. Download an applet from a website, it runs in your browser on any OS. Windows, Mac, Linux—same code everywhere. At NTU, every CS class assignment involved Java. The promise was seductive. But reality was brutal: applets were slow (multi-MB downloads!), full of security bugs, and incompatible across browsers. Try to download a file?