Java 26 is out. The release packs a bunch of features aimed at optimizing Java applications, and drops applet support. We cover all of this and more below.
Applets, pretty much the entire reason why Java was first broadly used in its first years, are now officially wiped from the spec, what a world do we live in. Are they still available in OpenJDK though?
Applets, pretty much the entire reason why Java was first broadly used in its first years, are now officially wiped from the spec, what a world do we live in. Are they still available in OpenJDK though?
No. OpenJDK 26 provides Java 26.