Originally Posted by cam_girls

I remember Java was the biggest thing since sliced bread, car computers ran it, toasters ran it, every computer ran it, people did degrees in Java, then millions of websites had Java in them and they all took minutes to load, 90% of them said "Class not found" and the other 10% did some silly animation. The virtual computer at the heart of Java was slow as a dog. Then Flash comes along and just compiles programs like every real language and blows Java out of the water.

Originally Posted by sysk

I think a lot of people in this thread are confused between Java and Javascript.