BREAKING NEWS
Kongregate will now support Java Applets, Unity, Silverlight, etc
This is probably one of the first major sites that has masses of traffic to support Java Applets.
They also do ad sharing, like GameJolt and Games4J, so now there might actually be a chance of making some decent money with a nice java applet.
more info in the link below.
Pretty neat.
Will be fun to see the reaction of people when they discover that THEY’RE RUNNING A JAVA GAME! 
Oo. Very promising.
yeh, well hopefully the first batch of java games on there are of a decent quality and stability. Would be a shame if Kongregates first impression of java games is that they crash and burn all the computers they run on. 
Ahhhh, this is very good news indeed!
Hopefully this will be a future trend and more portals and game sites will follow suit.
Thanks for the post!
Now, now, calm down. The post says they support JavaFX games, not Java =)
Oh god. Really? Pain.
Lol, I think he’s teasing.
There’s no difference between javafx and java in terms of distribution i believe. JavaFX stilll generates jars which are used in applets or webstart: http://javafx.com/docs/tutorials/deployment/configure-for-deploy.jsp
That’s sensational about Kongregate! Has anyone tried submitting something yet? My stuff isn’t good enough I’m afraid 
(not yet anyway! )
[quote]JavaFX games and actually any games that can be hosted on a website
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I think the guy only mentioned javaFX because in the mind of people who havent used it yet, it is better than regular java??
I read it as saying that they support anything you can put in an iframe.
Seriously, who’s going to write any games in Java FX ?
(if he can tease, so can I)
Kev
Who cares I’ve got 3 LWJGL applets ready to roll majestically over the coastlines of Africa and carve some lovely fjords.
Cas
yeah, but remember we have to only put good games(by that i mean polished) because we dont want to give java an even worse name…
P.S: yes I am including myself 
What about games using Java Web Start and/or IzPack? I won’t submit TUER as it is far from being polished.
if anyone still hasn’t looked up then it’s about games that can be put on a web page so they can include it in their iframe.
I’m trying it. =)
I’ll let you know how it works out.
I wonder what their policy on signed applets is. I’d be interesting to have a free version of minecraft on there.
ah awesome look forward to hearing how it goes.
p.s. don’t forget to include something like the html code below inside the applet tag to provide a user experience on par with the silverlight article in the first post.
You need Java installed to play this game.
You may use the button below to get it.
<a href="http://java.com/download" onclick="window.open( this.href ); return false">
<img src="http://java.com/en/img/everywhere/getjava_lg.gif" alt="Get Java" style="border-style: none">
</a>
You might want to look at the Java Deployment Toolkit, which is supposed to provide the functionality for detecting and installing java:
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/jweb/deployment_advice.html
Dmitri
yeh that’s a useful script especially for detecting java versions, but its just not as elegant or fully necessary for people without java. The silverlight page or the html snippet above just show a nice button which quickly points to where they can get silverlight/java, its simple and doesn’t require javascript.
yeah, I’d prefer just a simple link as well.
I’d rather put it in the instructions text than use up game space, though. Do people ever read those?