Inc. All rights reserved. It might be eye-popping by today's standards, but tomorrow your Web site will be lame. Mere text and animation won't cut it in the interactive future, so you need Microsoft's ActiveX or Sun Microsystems' Java. As programming languages, both let you create Internet-based applications and new ways of presenting information. Close this window Instructions Roll over numbered text and black toolbar for detailed info.
Applets exist on a single server.
The JVM can slow performance. Best Application Cross-platform interactive Web sites. Huge development community. Controls can reside anywhere for more powerful applications. Lack of a Java Virtual Machine can mean security risks.