HotJava

HotJava
Developer(s)Sun Microsystems[1]
Initial releaseMarch 24, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-03-24)[1][2]
Final release
Late 2004; 20 years ago (2004) v3.0
Written inJava[1]
Available inEnglish
TypeWeb browser
Websitewww.oracle.com/technetwork/java/index-136232.html

HotJava (later called HotJava Browser to distinguish it from HotJava Views) was a modular, extensible web browser from Sun Microsystems implemented in Java. It was the first browser to support Java applets, and was Sun's demonstration platform for the then-new technology.[3] It has since been discontinued and is no longer supported. Furthermore, the Sun Download Center was taken down on July 31, 2011, and the download link on the official site points to a placeholder page saying so.[4]

  1. ^ a b c Rakitin, Jason (October 27, 1997). "Review: Alternative Web browsers". Network World Fusion. Archived from the original on October 5, 2001. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  2. ^ "Sun Microsystems, Inc. to Ship HotJava Browser 1.0; New Customizable Browser Enables Custom Web Interface". Business Wire. March 11, 1997. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
  3. ^ Watson, Dave (July 21, 2001). "A Quick Look at HotJava". The Southern California OS/2 User Group. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  4. ^ "Sun Download Center Decommission". oracle.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-06. Retrieved 2011-10-29.