Dan Gillmor’s journal has an entry today on a new IBM technology called weblets, which are downloadable Java classes that somehow utilize the DOM to provide functionality in a browser window. To me, they sound like they provide the capability to create JavaScript-like functionality in Java. In other words, you can write Java classes that aren’t restricted to being embedded within a page like an applet. Since DOM support is required, they only work with MSIE 5, and Mozilla (which will probably be released someday).
Dan Gillmor’s journal has an entry today on a new IBM technology called weblets, which are downloadable Java classes that somehow utilize the DOM to provide functionality in a browser window. To me, they sound like they provide the capability to create JavaScript-like functionality in Java. In other words, you can write Java classes that aren’t restricted to being embedded within a page like an applet. Since DOM support is required, they only work with MSIE 5, and Mozilla (which will probably be released someday).
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