Browsercraft: Java Minecraft in the browser
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Browsercraft: Java Minecraft in the browser
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Re: Browsercraft: Java Minecraft in the browser
#2We have come full circle #applets
Twenty years ago running java in the browser would have just been called "using the internet"
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#3This is the main way I used to play Minecraft in the Beta days, thanks!
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#4We have come full circle #applets Twenty years ago running java in the browser would have just been called "using the internet"
Yep, the original Minecraft ran in the browser in a Java applet so this is particularly fun example. Though obviously there are significant security benefits to the JVM running within the browser's WASM sandbox instead of directly on the host.
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#5This is the main way I used to play Minecraft in the Beta days, thanks!
Wow, same here, but I somehow completely forgot about that!
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#6Huh, is Minecraft Java edition free now?
I haven't played in a long time but I thought when you download the regular client you only get to play after signing in with an account that purchased the game, how is this thing just starting the game directly?
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#7We have come full circle #applets Twenty years ago running java in the browser would have just been called "using the internet"
Yep, the original Minecraft ran in the browser in a Java applet so this is particularly fun example. Though obviously there are significant security benefits to the JVM running within the browser's WASM sandbox instead of directly on the host.
> there are significant security benefits to the JVM running within the browser's WASM sandbox instead of directly on the host.
The JVM originally also had the goal of providing a security boundary, and even had a relatively complicated permissions/security model enforced via call stack inspection.
That security model was ultimately too complicated for developers to work with, but I don't think the sandbox itself was particularly insecure.
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#8It crashed for me :(
[failed to get system properties (java.lang.RuntimeException: No OpenGL context found in the current thread.)]
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#9Playing Minecraft without Microsoft account? That doesn't look safe.
Re: Browsercraft: Java Minecraft in the browser
#10Huh, is Minecraft Java edition free now? I haven't played in a long time but I thought when you download the regular client you only get to play after signing in with an account that purchased the game, how is this thing just starting the game directly?
You could always play Minecraft without an account. But you can't join most servers that enable authentication checks