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		fweespeech on June 18, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google, Microsoft, Mozilla and Others Team Up to L... You have to admit that Java-for-the-web was terribly insecure and a common way to spread malware. http://www.pcworld.com/article/2030778/researchers-javas-sec... Honestly, that is why I always avoided it.

kbutler on June 18, 2015 [–]

I don't recall seeing much in the way of security vulnerabilities with Java applets until about 2012-2013.

The other issues (slow startup, lack of page integration, unattractive UI) were dominant before that.

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