Real Player Java -

RealNetworks saw an opportunity.

Most people remember RealPlayer as a bulky desktop application for Windows and Mac. But for a brief, shining moment, the company tried to put streaming media inside your web browser using a tiny Java applet. real player java

Before Flash, before HTML5 video, before WebRTC, the Java applet tried to solve the problem of "one player, everywhere." It failed — but it paved the way. RealNetworks saw an opportunity

Java applets ran in a "sandbox," but that sandbox had holes. Users started disabling Java in their browsers after high-profile security scares. RealPlayer for Java inherited every Java vulnerability. Before Flash, before HTML5 video, before WebRTC, the

Every time you watch a YouTube video in your browser without installing a plugin, you are standing on the shoulders of those clunky, stuttering, 20kbps Java applets.