title: Do beautiful, user-friendly Java applets exist?
body: <p>When I use Java applets, they tend to be slow, don't integrate very well with the browser environment and often require a few click throughs ("No, I don't want to give this unsigned application free reign of my hard disk").</p>
  
  <p>So, I'm curious.</p>
  
  <p>Are these problems insurmountable? Are there Java applets out there which integrate well with the browser experience (in, for example, the way a well-designed Flash application does?) Can you point out any examples of really "nice" Java applets?</p>
  
  <p>I'm asking this because I want to know if I should be taking a more serious look at Java-in-the-browser, or if Flash will remain dominant for the foreseeable future.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Edit</strong>: Unintentional flame bait has been removed. Sorry for any offence caused.</p>