Minecraft:Applet

Java applets were the original way to run Minecraft:Minecraft. It worked by allowing the Java game to run in the Template:W for players to access without having to download a launcher or client. The pages that allowed running Minecraft in the browser were gradually taken down after the Minecraft:Minecraft Launcher was released, superceding browser play.

Hosting

Minecraft was originally hosted as an applet on Minecraft:Mojang.com before being moved to Minecraft:Minecraft.net.

Different development phases of the game were hosted at different URLs. This meant that players could use newer test builds while still having access to the stable game. The exception is mptest, which overwrites the clients used by other pages.

Applet pages

URL<ref group=note>The index.jsp in the URLs is optional.</ref>	Created	Taken offline	Game versions
mojang.com/notch/minecraft	May 16, 2009	Dec 11, 2014 ~ May 19, 2015<ref group=note>Applet removed between May 22 and June 27, 2009.</ref>	Minecraft:mc-161607–Minecraft:0.0.12a_03
minecraft.net/play.jsp	May 22, 2009	Sep 8~15, 2011<ref group=note>Redirected to /classic/play from this point until site redesign in May 2016 (even when /classic/play was taken down).</ref>	Classic Minecraft:0.0.13a–Minecraft:0.0.14a_08; Minecraft:0.0.16a_02 (final reupload) – Minecraft:0.0.23a_01; & Minecraft:0.28–0.30 Creative
minecraft.net/mptest/index.jsp	May 31, 2009	?	Classic 0.0.15a-1–Minecraft:0.0.15a_03
minecraft.net/mptest.jsp	June 7, 2009	Jun 12, 2009 ~ Nov 2016; probably 2010	Classic Minecraft:0.0.16a–Minecraft:0.0.16a_02
minecraft.net/survivaltest/index.jsp	Sep 1, 2009	Dec 12~21, 2010	Classic Minecraft:0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST – Minecraft:0.27 SURVIVAL TEST & 0.30 Survival
minecraft.net/indev/index.jsp	Dec 23, 2009	Sep 1~27, 2010	Indev 0.31-20091223 – 20100223
minecraft.net/infdev/index.jsp	Feb 27, 2010	Sep 12~26, 2010	Infdev 20100227 – 20100627
minecraft.net/game/	Jun 29, 2010	Sep 8~15, 2011	Minecraft:Infdev 20100629 – Minecraft:Beta 1.7.3
minecraft.net/play	Jul~Sep 2011	Oct 20 ~ Nov 23, 2016	Minecraft:Beta 1.8 – release Minecraft:1.5.2
minecraft.net/classic/play	Sep 8~15, 2011	Oct 2~12, 2015	Classic 0.30_01c

Other pages

minecraft.net/infdev/preview.jsp

Minecraft:Level previewer

HTML code

This is a sample of the applet code, from May 25, 2009:<ref>minecraft.net/play.jsp (Source code) – Wayback Machine, May 25, 2009.</ref> <syntaxhighlight lang=html> <applet code="org.lwjgl.util.applet.AppletLoader" archive="client/lwjgl_util_applet.jar, client/lzma.jar" codebase="" width="854" height="480">

 <param name="al_title" value="Minecraft" />
 <param name="al_main" value="com.mojang.minecraft.MinecraftApplet" />
 <param name="al_logo" value="client/logo_small.png" />
 <param name="al_progressbar" value="appletprogress.gif" />
 <param name="al_jars" value="client/lwjgl_applet.jar.pack.lzma, client/lwjgl.jar.pack.lzma, client/jinput.jar.pack.lzma, client/lwjgl_util.jar.pack.lzma, client/res.jar.lzma, client/minecraft.jar" />
 <param name="al_windows" value="client/windows_natives.jar.lzma" />
 <param name="al_linux" value="client/linux_natives.jar.lzma" />
 <param name="al_mac" value="client/macosx_natives.jar.lzma" />
 <param name="al_solaris" value="client/solaris_natives.jar.lzma" />
 <param name="al_version" value="5.17" />
 <param name="separate_jvm" value="true" />
 <param name="java_arguments" value="-Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true -Dsun.awt.noerasebackground=true -Dsun.java2d.d3d=false -Dsun.java2d.opengl=false -Dsun.java2d.pmoffscreen=false" />
 <param name="al_bgcolor" value="000000" />
 <param name="al_fgcolor" value="ffffff" />
 <param name="al_errorcolor" value="ff0000" />
 <param name="al_prepend_host" value="true" />

</applet> </syntaxhighlight>

Minecraft:al_version is an identifier used to determine whether to pull an existing version from disc cache. The rest of the parameters either set up the jar entry points or Java environment or set up the visual display of the applet.

Storage locations

The .jar is downloaded to the user's temporary folder on disc. The subpath of the temporary folder differs based on the applet page the game is being played on.

URL	Temp directory
mojang.com/notch/minecraft, minecraft.net/mptest/, minecraft.net/mptest.jsp	%temp%/Minecraft/
minecraft.net/play.jsp, minecraft.net/mptest.jsp, minecraft.net/classic/play	%temp%/www.minecraft.net/Minecraft/ %temp%/minecraft.net/Minecraft/
minecraft.net/survivaltest/	%temp%/www.minecraft.net/Minecraft_creeper_test/ %temp%/minecraft.net/Minecraft_creeper_test/
minecraft.net/indev/	%temp%/www.minecraft.net/Minecraft_sneakpeek/ %temp%/minecraft.net/Minecraft_sneakpeek/
minecraft.net/infdev/	%temp%/www.minecraft.net/Minecraft_infdev/ %temp%/minecraft.net/Minecraft_infdev/

Starting from Minecraft:Infdev 20100629, it is now located on disc at %appdata%/Minecraft:.minecraft/bin/ (used by minecraft.net/game/).

Gallery

• Applet with 0.0.16a_01
  Applet with 0.0.16a_01
• Applet with 0.0.17a
  Applet with 0.0.17a
• Applet with Survival Test
  Applet with Survival Test
• Applet with 0.0.21a_01
  Applet with 0.0.21a_01
• The Minecraft webpage with 0.30
  The Minecraft webpage with 0.30
• Ditto
  Ditto
• Ditto (Survival)
  Ditto (Survival)
• Webpage with Indev 20100214
  Webpage with Indev 20100214
• Webpage with Indev 20100223
  Webpage with Indev 20100223
• Applet with Infdev 20100616
  Applet with Infdev 20100616
• Applet with Infdev 20100618
  Applet with Infdev 20100618
• Applet with Infdev 20100627
  Applet with Infdev 20100627
• Beta in minecraft.net/game/
  Beta in minecraft.net/game/
• Applet with Beta 1.8.1
  Applet with Beta 1.8.1
• Applet with release 1.2.5
  Applet with release 1.2.5

Trivia

• It was used by some players to play the game<ref>Template:Cite</ref> subsequent to the introduction of the official Minecraft:Minecraft Launcher.
• This software had a size of around 4.5 MB, excluding additional assets.Template:Cn
• The applet version relied on the Java browser plugin, which was later considered insecure and then discontinued.<ref>Template:Cite</ref>

See also

• Minecraft:al_version, used to track unique builds of the game for caching