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Unmodified Java Swing apps in any browser, fully client side

Shown by apignotti on Jun 20, 2017. Click the card to turn it over.

29points

12comments

#1,050of 2,242 in 2017

Top 47%of 2017 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

3 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score +0.07.

Idea: 2 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 0 against

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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

Could sandbox the insecure Java plugin and remove plugin installs
From 1 comment
- Are you kidding? If that's really what this does, you've just properly sandboxed a horribly insecure binary plugin, eliminated the need to constantly install patches, heck,…
  ComputerGuru on HN
Useful for running non-browser Java apps and avoiding Citrix
From 1 comment
- I believe this is for running non-browser applications in the browser. Perhaps this could be a solution to avoid citrix or similar technologies if you have java apps only.
  brimstedt on HN

Unclear why it's needed when the JVM plugin exists
From 1 comment
- I don't know the details of how this is implemented - I'm assuming that it's some sort of translation of JVM byte code to asm.js and a re-implementation of the core JDK runtime -…
  dpratt on HN
Repeats the GWT mechanism, which had problems
From 1 comment
- Oh man, GWT mechanism all over again ?
  anujku on HN

Is it open source and what is the licensing model?
From 1 comment
- Cheerp[J] seems to have a handful of fans here on HN: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=cheerpj&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story apignotti also posted the big…
  j_s on HN
Does it handle legacy unsigned applets?
From 1 comment
- The JVM plugin will only run signed applets these days, which costs at least $200 or so. Presumably this will allow people who have legacy unsigned applets a way out?
  rtb on HN

Java applet plugin
From 1 comment
- Its pretty hard to run an actual java applet nowadays. I think Chrome doesn't support it at all, Firefox may have also stopped supporting it. The Java applet plugin requires all…
  captainmuon on HN
GWT
From 1 comment
- Oh man, GWT mechanism all over again ?
  anujku on HN
Autowire (Scala)
From 1 comment
- Might be worth looking into Autowire [0]. Runs Scala code locally, compiles your API through ScalaJS, allowing you to write your app all in one language without exposing the…
  alextheparrot on HN