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Once the darling of the Internet, applets have fallen on hard times, largely ignored in favor of newer technologies such as Ajax, Flex/Flash, and Silverlight. But Sun Microsystems is pushing hard for renewal on the client side, and some say applets are part of that vision, along with Java SE 6 update 10 and JavaFX Script. Is it too late for applets, or can they make a comeback? In this JavaWorld feature, Jeff Friesen poses that question to leading thinkers and doers in the Java developer community, as well as presenting his own conclusions. Also see "The new applet experience," a short experiment in developing a "rich Internet applet" using JavaFX Script and key technologies found in Java SE 6u10.