HotJava
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 HotJava 3.0 |
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| developer | Sun Microsystems |
| Publishing year | 1997 |
| Current version | 3.0 (discontinued) |
| operating system | GNU / Linux , Solaris , Mac OS Classic , Microsoft Windows |
| programming language | Java |
| category | Web browser |
| www.java.sun.com/products/archive/hotjava/index.html | |
HotJava was a web browser from Sun Microsystems , which was written entirely in the Java programming language and was the first browser to execute so-called Java applets . Sun developed the Mosaic clone under the name WebRunner (based on the film Blade Runner ) from 1994 for Java developers to test their programs and as a reference platform. It was later renamed HotJava .
The browser attracted a lot of attention from developers, but it never gained much importance compared to the browsers widespread on the market at the time, such as Windows Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator . There were two reasons for this. The browser had fewer functionality and features compared to the aforementioned competitors. In addition, HotJava was very slow due to the technical limitations of the Java Virtual Machine at the time (both in terms of speed and memory requirements).
In 2000 the HotJava project was officially discontinued.
The idea of a Java-based browser was picked up by Netscape shortly after HotJava was released in late 1997 . In December 1997 Netscape announced the development of the Javagator (a combination of Java and Netscape's then common Netscape Navigator ). The project was discontinued the following year before it was published. Another attempt at a web browser written in Java is the Jazilla project, which has never been officially discontinued, but has not produced any news or updates since 2006.
Individual evidence
- ^ Web performance tuning , Patrick Killelea, O'Reilly Books, 2002
- ↑ "Netscape sharpens Javagator plans" on c | net , 30 December 1997
- ↑ "Javagator down, not out" on c | net , July 1, 1998