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Foil 5 HotJava Story 1994-1996

From Basic Lectures on Java Language Applets Graphics Networking Trip to China and Icase Tutorial -- July 12-28 and June 10-13 96. by Geoffrey C. Fox * See also color IMAGE
HotJava alpha3 (1994-5)
  • Java-based proof of concept
  • dynamic Web content (applets)
  • Did not have:
    • Real security
    • A Well-defined Applet API
HotJava 1.0 (1996)
  • Completely new implementation
  • Modular architecture
    • Customizable without source code
    • Multi-threaded for higher interactivity
    • State of the art: HTML 2.0+, applets, installable handlers.

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