The reasons that most people want to use applets:
* high level of interactivity with the user
* very dynamic content (eg, trading system, news distribution, etc)
* easy deployment of a program (IT managers would rank this first)
Problems:
* You have to use 1.1 or 1.0, thus limiting your functionality
* Different (or even no) JVM versions in different browsers
* User can set browser cache low and cause reloading issues
* Required packages can be quite heavyweight
* Java 2 plugin can be problematic (even in a controlled environment)
Solutions:
* Don't use applets... use vanilla HTML and minimal javascript (DHTML--)
hire a good graphic artist to make it look good
* If you do use applets, minimize their use
* Use an application (can o worms regarding deployment though)
look at installer pgms, KLG deploy tool, Marimba, et al...
* Investigate WebStart from Sun for applications
BTW, this same issue is discussed in the WML vs Java (midlets) in the J2ME
community.
Frank G.
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