Most straightforward way of running old java applets

Question

Many physical animation / simulation applets on the internet are decades old Java applets and it is extremely difficult to get them to work. What would be the best way to run a Java applet (which browsers do not allow)?

For example, I have a .class used in a .htm

<applet code="taylor.class" name="taylor" width="900" height="800">
    <param name="label" value="This string was passed from the HTML host.">
    <param name="background" value="008080">
    <param name="foreground" value="FFFFFF">
</applet>

How do I run this without being blocked by security things?

I don't actually have the code. I might only find the .class SOMETIMES — Gappy Hilmore, Oct 02 '15 at 17:14
marked as duplicate... ok. where is the link to the other question? — Tropilio, May 23 '18 at 08:37

wero · Answer 1 · 2015-10-10T09:39:54.680

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You can use the appletviewer of the JDK. The appletviewer allows you to open the applet (via its URL) without the need to use a browser.

edited Oct 10 '15 at 09:39

answered Oct 02 '15 at 17:06

wero

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Note that you'll probably need an old version of Java. – Brōtsyorfuzthrāx Aug 02 '23 at 22:37

Most straightforward way of running old java applets

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