Using applets for web page menus. HTML has a <MENU> tag but it was deprecated in HTML 4.01 and redefined in HTML 5. It is currently not supported by any of the major browsers (if you use it you ...

Applets, on the other hand, allows for multiple actions as well as filtering conditions, a much requested feature on IFTTT. Applets also do one thing that Recipes can't.

Applets can be shared, making it easy for you to customize them to your needs. But this is only the tip of the IFTTT-berg. Create a great applet yourself, share it, ...

Goodbye Applets: Another Cruddy Piece of Web Tech Is Finally Going Away. Say goodbye to Java in the browser—not an insecure moment too soon. Abstract Halftone Background artishokcs ...

Applets promised the best of both worlds: the zero-install, “write-once, run anywhere” qualities of pure HTML and the richness of the native graphical user interface (GUI).

With 18 million users running more than a billion applets a month, IFTTT wants to become a service that connects pretty much everything — though some users say it still has room for improvement.

Among the actions that didn’t make the transition from Workflow to the new Shortcuts app for iOS 12, built-in support for triggering IFTTT applets (formerly known as “recipes”) is perhaps the most ...

Weather Applets: If tomorrow’s forecast calls for snow, change my smart lights One of the first IFTTT Applets I added to try is to have your smart lights turn blue when snow is in the forecast.

Applets are still very much needed. HTML and DHTML are not one-size-fits-all solutions. In fact, the notion of a page for each key function in a Web application can get downright annoying for some ...