On my website I have some java games that I embedded to the page. When I first got it, it worked great but now whenever I load it says that unsigned applications like this will be blocked in the next update. Is there a way to fix this? I don't want to loose the game section, even if it wasn't the best. I was going to add some new content soon. I can't even run these programs on my dad's PC because it blocks it from running off the HDD. What could I do?
If your curious this is a link to the page: grahamdowney.com/index_games.htm
Java applets are a plague, and the main source of browser exploits next to flash and adobe reader.
Applets have not been in common use for almost a decade, and there is a good reason for that.
What you can do is have them available for download, but you can no longer have them embedded in the web page. If you can't run them on a PC then ask your dad to lift some restrictions, if it otherwise can't run it because it's not his or because there are other restrictions in place he did not put there, you are out of luck.
Java applets are a plague, and the main source of browser exploits next to flash and adobe reader.
Applets have not been in common use for almost a decade, and there is a good reason for that.
What you can do is have them available for download, but you can no longer have them embedded in the web page. If you can't run them on a PC then ask your dad to lift some restrictions, if it otherwise can't run it because it's not his or because there are other restrictions in place he did not put there, you are out of luck.
I may as well just compile them to exe files if I were to make them for download. The actual applet isn't the game though. It's kind of like a third party client for loading my scratch games. Could I make a client for loading it in flash? I was also wondering if I could make a client for running Quick Basic games in browser? I have a bunch of those to.
I wouldn't recommend loading it in Flash. Most people have said good riddance to using Flash in-browser at it's exploitable just like Java applets. It's also one more thing people have to have installed in their browsers. It's best to just have a download link.
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I wouldn't recommend loading it in Flash. Most people have said good riddance to using Flash in-browser at it's exploitable just like Java applets. It's also one more thing people have to have installed in their browsers. It's best to just have a download link.
I actually just got into flash. Some of my friends and I are making a animated flash series together called "Chuppy the Idiot". Basically he tries to do something like mow the lawn for example and ends up blowing up and killing himself in the end. Do you think we should stop making these now? homestarrunner.com is completely flash based, we were trying to do something like that.
Most people have said good riddance to using Flash in-browser at it's exploitable just like Java applets.
The security issues revolve around applications in Flash escaping their sandbox, very much like Java Applets. having a Java Applet on a page or a Flash movie on a page aren't a security issue, the security issue is for the user as to whether they trust the website delivering that content.
Some of my friends and I are making a animated flash series together called "Chuppy the Idiot". Basically he tries to do something like mow the lawn for example and ends up blowing up and killing himself in the end.
Flash can export to .AVI. If it's a movie/cartoon and not a interactive game than Flash will work fine. if .SWF is blocked or unavailable you can make other exported formats available instead.
I may as well just compile them to exe files if I were to make them for download. The actual applet isn't the game though. It's kind of like a third party client for loading my scratch games. Could I make a client for loading it in flash? I was also wondering if I could make a client for running Quick Basic games in browser? I have a bunch of those to.
exe files only run on Windows. a .jar game will run on any platform with a VM; a .swf will play on any system with the Flash Player installed.
With regards to Applets and Flash videos, the issue is that they are basically binary blobs. That is it doesn't matter how secure your browser is, if the Applet plugin or the Flash plugin have exploits than a website can use those maliciously. They are both supposed to be sandboxed but really the issue is simply that it's controlled by a separate entity entirely, in increases the possible attack surface, and it just makes sense to not show malware authors your broad side.
Optionally, you could simply require Java be installed. The user has to click through security warnings for their protection because you could have put anything in those jar files. The idea being that while Java programs are supposed to be sandboxed, they are no longer considered safe by default and still require the user's consent to run.
The modern way of having games that run directly inside of a browser is to use HTML5 and the Canvas API paired with Javascript. They are designed to replace Java and Flash for that purpose. Java Applets were a fad that people got too excited for, and Flash was originally for cartoons (Macromedia Director) that just morphed into a interactive model (ActionScript). HTML5 attempts to provide some level of standardization to things. It's certainly not 100% yet but it's getting there and at any rate a lot of people (myself included) simply disable Flash and Java in their main browser.
exe files only run on Windows. a .jar game will run on any platform with a VM; a .swf will play on any system with the Flash Player installed.
I am well aware that exe files are for Windows only. I don't really care about apple anyway, I honestly couldn't care less if I were to support them or not. I don't own a single apple product in my house. I do care about Windows support though, and my compiler works on Windows XP, vista, and 7. (Not sure about 8. I haven't tested it.)
Every one keeps saying that flash is loosing support though? I asked my Uncle about it and he said that it's not likely that flash will become unsupported like java for a long time until they have something that works equally as well. If what your saying is true, then about every third website is going to become unsupported soon. I don't think flash is going unsupported like you do.
Every one keeps saying that flash is loosing support though? I asked my Uncle about it and he said that it's not likely that flash will become unsupported like java for a long time until they have something that works equally as well. If what your saying is true, then about every third website is going to become unsupported soon. I don't think flash is going unsupported like you do.
I don't run flashplayer anymore so as far as for me it is already unsupported.
I am well aware that exe files are for Windows only. I don't really care about apple anyway, I honestly couldn't care less if I were to support them or not.
I didn't say anything about Apple. Even within windows, you need to choose 32-bit or 64-bit which limits the application's abilities. It also prevents it from running on any mobile device, tablet, or innumerable other devices that can otherwise access the internet just fine.
I don't own a single apple product in my house.
Neither do I.
Every one keeps saying that flash is loosing support though? I asked my Uncle about it and he said that it's not likely that flash will become unsupported like java for a long time until they have something that works equally as well. If what your saying is true, then about every third website is going to become unsupported soon. I don't think flash is going unsupported like you do.
First, I never ONCE said that flash is going to be unsupported. Not once.
Second, even baseline HTML5- which is already possible to use with every browser- matches the capabilities of Flash. In fact, most "Flash sites" use crappy flashy effects, buttons, and other effects that have already been possible for years. If a website is built entirely in Flash, they simply identify themselves as a website to avoid.
Like I said I have flash and Java disabled and it seldom affects me.
I didn't say anything about Apple. Even within windows, you need to choose 32-bit or 64-bit which limits the application's abilities. It also prevents it from running on any mobile device, tablet, or innumerable other devices that can otherwise access the internet just fine.
It wouldn't run on mobile devises anyway as they don't support java, that is unless it's a Windows tablet like my uncle has, and the majority of people use Windows on their PCs anyway. I obviously chose a 32-bit compiler though. Remember, I'm running Windows XP. and 64-bit operating systems can run 32-bit applications.
Second, even baseline HTML5- which is already possible to use with every browser- matches the capabilities of Flash. In fact, most "Flash sites" use crappy flashy effects, buttons, and other effects that have already been possible for years. If a website is built entirely in Flash, they simply identify themselves as a website to avoid.
Like I said I have flash and Java disabled and it seldom affects me.
I don't know HTML 5. Do you think I should learn it? I have a HTML 4 book and a Javascript book already. Would that be good enough? I don't think some of my older browsers support 5 though.
Is this website even meant to be seen by other people really? If not, you might as well just use Flash, Java, or whatever to run the applets. If this site is actually for other's, then you should probably work on the actual site instead. You have one .css file that's only four lines and then for everything else you choose to use inline styling. I would personally work on your web design techniques and in the process learn HTML5 so you could tackle two problems at once.
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It wouldn't run on mobile devises anyway as they don't support java
Aside from that being wrong, as fm87 points out- I never said you should use Java.
that is unless it's a Windows tablet like my uncle has, and the majority of people use Windows on their PCs
The only mobile devices that don't support Java are Apple products.
anyway. I obviously chose a 32-bit compiler though. Remember, I'm running Windows XP. and 64-bit operating systems can run 32-bit applications.
Chose a 32-bit compiler for what (?) If you distribute executables, it doesn't run on your system so the fact that you are running 32-bit XP doesn't matter. The second part is incorrect also- 64-bit operating systems cannot intrinsically run 32-bit applications; With Windows x64 it runs via virtualization, and additionally all 32-bit processes have various limitations. It's not like you can compile a java program to an executable that doesn't require the JRE anyway.
I don't know HTML 5. Do you think I should learn it? I have a HTML 4 book and a Javascript book already. Would that be good enough? I don't think some of my older browsers support 5 though.
You can live and work in the past, but don't be surprised when everybody passes you by because they are in the future or present.
Is this website even meant to be seen by other people really? If not, you might as well just use Flash, Java, or whatever to run the applets. If this site is actually for other's, then you should probably work on the actual site instead. You have one .css file that's only four lines and then for everything else you choose to use inline styling. I would personally work on your web design techniques and in the process learn HTML5 so you could tackle two problems at once.
I purposely avoided saying anything about the site itself. I half-expected a "best viewed in Netscape Navigator 4" button.
Is this website even meant to be seen by other people really? If not, you might as well just use Flash, Java, or whatever to run the applets. If this site is actually for other's, then you should probably work on the actual site instead. You have one .css file that's only four lines and then for everything else you choose to use inline styling. I would personally work on your web design techniques and in the process learn HTML5 so you could tackle two problems at once.
This is why I'm building a homemade server for the site. My current host will only allow for 15 MB of storage space and I share that with my mom's work website. She still has all the downloads saved to the server, so I don't have any space to add extra stuff.
I purposely avoided saying anything about the site itself. I half-expected a "best viewed in Netscape Navigator 4" button.
It's actually best viewed in IE 7.
I do know a bit of Javascript though. last year I made a webpage presentation* for science, and this year I'm doing that again. It's due this Friday, but this time though it's only 1 page and I embedded a flash movie to it to show "Changes of State - Matter**".
*Only works properly in IE. Firefox and Chrome dropped support for background sound. This was also the thing from the floppy disk story.
**The .SWF file was to big to fit on the server. I'm at the limit again. During transfer it cut off and only transferred part of it.
I don't think it would be a stretch to say some of those gifs are older than he is.
My Uncle Darryl helped me get into web design. He also has a website, and yes, some of those gifs are older than me. My Uncle has had his site since the 90's. I don't think any links are broken currently on it.
This is why I'm building a homemade server for the site. My current host will only allow for 15 MB of storage space and I share that with my mom's work website. She still has all the downloads saved to the server, so I don't have any space to add extra stuff.
It's actually best viewed in IE 7.
I do know a bit of Javascript though. last year I made a webpage presentation* for science, and this year I'm doing that again. It's due this Friday, but this time though it's only 1 page and I embedded a flash movie to it to show "Changes of State - Matter**".
*Only works properly in IE. Firefox and Chrome dropped support for background sound. This was also the thing from the floppy disk story.
**The .SWF file was to big to fit on the server. I'm at the limit again. During transfer it cut off and only transferred part of it.
NEVER make sound play automatically on a webpage. It is the bane of web design and should not even be considered. Any time I open a webpage and music starts playing, my first instinct is to mute it. It's not creative and is just distracting.
I would highly recommend having access to the latest versions of Chrome and Firefox if you're looking into web design. Keeping up to date is more important than anything when it comes to websites.
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If your curious this is a link to the page: grahamdowney.com/index_games.htm
At least 86% of what I say is always correct.
Java applets are a plague, and the main source of browser exploits next to flash and adobe reader.
Applets have not been in common use for almost a decade, and there is a good reason for that.
What you can do is have them available for download, but you can no longer have them embedded in the web page. If you can't run them on a PC then ask your dad to lift some restrictions, if it otherwise can't run it because it's not his or because there are other restrictions in place he did not put there, you are out of luck.
I may as well just compile them to exe files if I were to make them for download. The actual applet isn't the game though. It's kind of like a third party client for loading my scratch games. Could I make a client for loading it in flash? I was also wondering if I could make a client for running Quick Basic games in browser? I have a bunch of those to.
At least 86% of what I say is always correct.
I actually just got into flash. Some of my friends and I are making a animated flash series together called "Chuppy the Idiot". Basically he tries to do something like mow the lawn for example and ends up blowing up and killing himself in the end. Do you think we should stop making these now? homestarrunner.com is completely flash based, we were trying to do something like that.
At least 86% of what I say is always correct.
The security issues revolve around applications in Flash escaping their sandbox, very much like Java Applets. having a Java Applet on a page or a Flash movie on a page aren't a security issue, the security issue is for the user as to whether they trust the website delivering that content.
Flash can export to .AVI. If it's a movie/cartoon and not a interactive game than Flash will work fine. if .SWF is blocked or unavailable you can make other exported formats available instead.
exe files only run on Windows. a .jar game will run on any platform with a VM; a .swf will play on any system with the Flash Player installed.
With regards to Applets and Flash videos, the issue is that they are basically binary blobs. That is it doesn't matter how secure your browser is, if the Applet plugin or the Flash plugin have exploits than a website can use those maliciously. They are both supposed to be sandboxed but really the issue is simply that it's controlled by a separate entity entirely, in increases the possible attack surface, and it just makes sense to not show malware authors your broad side.
Optionally, you could simply require Java be installed. The user has to click through security warnings for their protection because you could have put anything in those jar files. The idea being that while Java programs are supposed to be sandboxed, they are no longer considered safe by default and still require the user's consent to run.
The modern way of having games that run directly inside of a browser is to use HTML5 and the Canvas API paired with Javascript. They are designed to replace Java and Flash for that purpose. Java Applets were a fad that people got too excited for, and Flash was originally for cartoons (Macromedia Director) that just morphed into a interactive model (ActionScript). HTML5 attempts to provide some level of standardization to things. It's certainly not 100% yet but it's getting there and at any rate a lot of people (myself included) simply disable Flash and Java in their main browser.
I am well aware that exe files are for Windows only. I don't really care about apple anyway, I honestly couldn't care less if I were to support them or not. I don't own a single apple product in my house. I do care about Windows support though, and my compiler works on Windows XP, vista, and 7. (Not sure about 8. I haven't tested it.)
Every one keeps saying that flash is loosing support though? I asked my Uncle about it and he said that it's not likely that flash will become unsupported like java for a long time until they have something that works equally as well. If what your saying is true, then about every third website is going to become unsupported soon. I don't think flash is going unsupported like you do.
At least 86% of what I say is always correct.
I don't run flashplayer anymore so as far as for me it is already unsupported.
I didn't say anything about Apple. Even within windows, you need to choose 32-bit or 64-bit which limits the application's abilities. It also prevents it from running on any mobile device, tablet, or innumerable other devices that can otherwise access the internet just fine.
Neither do I.
First, I never ONCE said that flash is going to be unsupported. Not once.
Second, even baseline HTML5- which is already possible to use with every browser- matches the capabilities of Flash. In fact, most "Flash sites" use crappy flashy effects, buttons, and other effects that have already been possible for years. If a website is built entirely in Flash, they simply identify themselves as a website to avoid.
Like I said I have flash and Java disabled and it seldom affects me.
It wouldn't run on mobile devises anyway as they don't support java, that is unless it's a Windows tablet like my uncle has, and the majority of people use Windows on their PCs anyway. I obviously chose a 32-bit compiler though. Remember, I'm running Windows XP. and 64-bit operating systems can run 32-bit applications.
I don't know HTML 5. Do you think I should learn it? I have a HTML 4 book and a Javascript book already. Would that be good enough? I don't think some of my older browsers support 5 though.
At least 86% of what I say is always correct.
Aside from that being wrong, as fm87 points out- I never said you should use Java.
The only mobile devices that don't support Java are Apple products.
Chose a 32-bit compiler for what (?) If you distribute executables, it doesn't run on your system so the fact that you are running 32-bit XP doesn't matter. The second part is incorrect also- 64-bit operating systems cannot intrinsically run 32-bit applications; With Windows x64 it runs via virtualization, and additionally all 32-bit processes have various limitations. It's not like you can compile a java program to an executable that doesn't require the JRE anyway.
You can live and work in the past, but don't be surprised when everybody passes you by because they are in the future or present.
I purposely avoided saying anything about the site itself. I half-expected a "best viewed in Netscape Navigator 4" button.
This is why I'm building a homemade server for the site. My current host will only allow for 15 MB of storage space and I share that with my mom's work website. She still has all the downloads saved to the server, so I don't have any space to add extra stuff.
It's actually best viewed in IE 7.
I do know a bit of Javascript though. last year I made a webpage presentation* for science, and this year I'm doing that again. It's due this Friday, but this time though it's only 1 page and I embedded a flash movie to it to show "Changes of State - Matter**".
*Only works properly in IE. Firefox and Chrome dropped support for background sound. This was also the thing from the floppy disk story.
**The .SWF file was to big to fit on the server. I'm at the limit again. During transfer it cut off and only transferred part of it.
At least 86% of what I say is always correct.
With compatibility mode enabled, considering it's not even HTML4 compliant.
A javascript alert is not substance.
bgsound was always non-standard.
What about my scrolling status bar, and the plugin detection on my other project?
At least 86% of what I say is always correct.
Hellooooooooooooo 1999!
I don't think it would be a stretch to say some of those gifs are older than he is.
My Uncle Darryl helped me get into web design. He also has a website, and yes, some of those gifs are older than me. My Uncle has had his site since the 90's. I don't think any links are broken currently on it.
At least 86% of what I say is always correct.
NEVER make sound play automatically on a webpage. It is the bane of web design and should not even be considered. Any time I open a webpage and music starts playing, my first instinct is to mute it. It's not creative and is just distracting.
I would highly recommend having access to the latest versions of Chrome and Firefox if you're looking into web design. Keeping up to date is more important than anything when it comes to websites.