The <applet> tag is only used to instantiate the Java plugin. Running the Java plugin requires NPAPI support, but NPAPI support in Blink has already been removed. Most <applet> support has been removed, though the special parsing rules have been retained for backwards compatibility.
Documentation
Specification
Status in Chromium
Removed (tracking bug) in:
- Chrome for desktop release 47
- Chrome for Android release 47
Consensus & Standardization
After a feature ships in Chrome, the values listed here are not guaranteed to be up to date.
- No signal
- No signal
- No signal
- No signals
Owner
Last updated on 2020-11-09
Comments
Removing support for <applet> will actually improve the state of <applet> in Blink. Currently, we display a placeholder that "This plugin is not supported" instead of displaying the fallback content: since Blink doesn't support NPAPI/Java, we should really be displaying the fallback content instead of something unactionable.