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The title seems a bit strange to me:

"without JVM" - providing what is necessary to run Java is a JVM in my book. That you compile Java to JavaScipt is just an implementation detail, isn't it? EDIT: Yeah, ok. It emphasises that you don't need an extra JVM on your computer.

"fully client side" - isn't that how Java Applets always have been executed?

"no plugins" - Not sure what you mean by "plugin". Installing an extension does not match that?

Hmm.. ok, ok I am nitpicking :)

Could you instead provide a bookmarklet that runs Java Applets on websites? That would be something I would use. I would not install an extension because I don't want your code to run outside of the browser sandbox.

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The description provides some clarity (can't fit everything in a title!)

"without JVM" means you don't need a "standalone" client-side JVM install (outside of this extension).

"fully client side" means it's not doing something like "execution on a server, streamed video to the client"

and "no plugins" means it doesn't require a "chrome plugin". In chrome plugins != extensions. Flash and java were plugins, extensions are written in JS.

Does sound strange at a glance, but I think these are implicit references to what we traditionally know about applets: they generally required the full JRE JVM install/plugin.

So, it's advertising that this is no longer required, and that they haven't achieved it with any server-side tricks.

The extension itself is actually minimal, all the real work happens inside the page by injecting a script. Also the extension is not invasive as it asks for permission on a site by site basis.

"no plugins" probably means that the extension doesn't install native code, but is written in JavaScript that's run in the browser.

Seems the extension converts Java to JavaScript before executing anything, that's why it gets by without a JVM.

Ah, so it's merely a machine that implements a virtual version of the Java runtime.

"Our unique Java-to-JavaScript technology converts Java to JavaScript on the fly directly on the browser."

Seems like a transpiler. But it would have to be a half-baked JVM written in JavaScript under the hood.

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