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JavaScript: User has full access to capabilities of Navigator and functionality of window components
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Java: User relies on Java AWT (or perhaps HotJava browser) for user interface components
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JavaScript: No explicit data types (loosely typed)
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Java: Variable data types must be declared and carefully "cast" to convert from one type to another (strong typing)
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JavaScript: Dynamic bindingÑobject references are interpreted at runtime (typical interpreted behavior)
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Java: Static bindingÑobject references are resolved at compile time
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Security: Today JavaScript and Java applets have significant security restrictions. This is a (Netscape) runtime and not a language feature!
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