On 11/14/06, Kelly Martin kelly.lynn.martin@gmail.com wrote:
I don't see client-side Java as serving any major purpose beyond providing an alternative platform-independent way to deliver multimedia content for people who don't have native players installed. Trying to implement any of the core application in Java at the client end targets too small of a usability segment; many people have no JRE installed in their computer (or at least no JRE extension in their web browser), and even if they do they have a JRE that only supports version 1.2 or even 1.1 of the specification.
The major application right now is probably Wikiversity. Interactive applications could be extremely useful to them for a wide variety of purposes, such as quizzes or physics demonstrations.