Applet

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Not to be confused with Apple.

Java applets were the original way to run Minecraft. It worked by allowing the Java game to run in the web browser 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 Launcher was released, superceding browser play.

Hosting

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

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URL
[note 1][note 2] 		Created Taken offline Game versions
www.mojang.com/notch/minecraft/ May 16, 2009 Dec 11, 2014 ~ May 19, 2015[note 3] mc-161607–0.0.12a_03
www.minecraft.net/play.jsp May 22, 2009 Sep 8~15, 2011[note 4] Classic 0.0.13a–0.0.14a_08; 0.0.16a_02 (final reupload) – 0.0.23a_01; and 0.28–0.30 Creative
www.minecraft.net/mptest/index.jsp May 31, 2009 ? Classic 0.0.15a-1–0.0.15a_03
www.minecraft.net/mptest.jsp June 7, 2009 Jun 12, 2009 ~ Nov 2016; probably 2010 Classic 0.0.16a–0.0.16a_02
www.minecraft.net/survivaltest/index.jsp Sep 1, 2009 Dec 12~17, 2010 Classic 0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST – 0.27 SURVIVAL TEST and 0.30 Survival
www.minecraft.net/indev/index.jsp Dec 23, 2009 Sep 18, 2010 Indev 0.31-20091223 – 20100223
www.minecraft.net/infdev/index.jsp Feb 27, 2010 Sep 18, 2010 Infdev 20100227 – 20100627
www.minecraft.net/game/ Jun 29, 2010 Sep 8~15, 2011 Infdev 20100629 – Beta 1.7.3
www.minecraft.net/play Jul~Sep 2011 Oct 20 ~ Nov 23, 2016 Beta 1.8 – release 1.5.2
www.minecraft.net/classic/play Sep 8~15, 2011 Sep 25 ~ Oct 12, 2015 Classic 0.30_01c
minecraft.net/demo ? ? 1.0.0 – 1.5.2

Other pages

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URL Content
www.minecraft.net/infdev/preview.jsp Level previewer

HTML code

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This is a sample of the applet element, from May 25, 2009[1]: 

<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>

al_version is an identifier used to determine whether to pull an existing version from cache. The rest of the parameters either sets up the Java environment including classpath, natives, arguments, and entrypoint class, or sets up the visual display of the applet.

Storage locations

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

Applet page Path in system temporary directory
www.mojang.com/notch/minecraft,
(www.)minecraft.net/mptest/,
(www.)minecraft.net/mptest.jsp 		Minecraft/
(www.)minecraft.net/play.jsp,
(www.)minecraft.net/mptest.jsp,
(www.)minecraft.net/classic/play 		(www.)minecraft.net/Minecraft/
(www.)minecraft.net/survivaltest/ (www.)minecraft.net/Minecraft_creeper_test/
(www.)minecraft.net/indev/ (www.)minecraft.net/Minecraft_sneakpeek/
(www.)minecraft.net/infdev/ (www.)minecraft.net/Minecraft_infdev/

Starting from Infdev 20100629, it is now located on disk at .minecraft/bin/ (used by minecraft.net/game/).

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Classic

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  • Applet with start error of 0.0.11a
    Applet with start error of 0.0.11a
  • 0.0.12a_03
    0.0.12a_03
  • 0.0.13a_03
    0.0.13a_03
  • 0.0.14a_08
    0.0.14a_08
  • 0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 1)
    0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 1)
  • 0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 5)
    0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 5)
  • 0.0.16a_01
    0.0.16a_01
  • 0.0.16a_02
    0.0.16a_02
  • 0.0.17a
    0.0.17a
  • 0.0.18a_02
    0.0.18a_02
  • 0.0.19a_06
    0.0.19a_06
  • 0.0.20a_02
    0.0.20a_02
  • 0.0.21a
    0.0.21a
  • 0.0.21a_01
    0.0.21a_01
  • 0.0.22a_05
    0.0.22a_05
  • 0.0.23a_01
    0.0.23a_01
  • 0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST_03
    0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST_03
  • 0.25_05 SURVIVAL TEST
    0.25_05 SURVIVAL TEST
  • 0.26 SURVIVAL TEST
    0.26 SURVIVAL TEST
  • 0.27 SURVIVAL TEST
    0.27 SURVIVAL TEST
  • 0.28_01
    0.28_01
  • 0.29_02
    0.29_02
  • 0.30
    0.30
  • Ditto (Survival)
    Ditto (Survival)

Indev

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  • Indev 0.31 20100109-2000
    Indev 0.31 20100109-2000
  • Indev 0.31 20100114
    Indev 0.31 20100114
  • Indev 0.31 20100125
    Indev 0.31 20100125
  • Indev 0.31 20100131-2244
    Indev 0.31 20100131-2244
  • Indev 0.31 20100202
    Indev 0.31 20100202
  • Indev 0.31 20100205-1558
    Indev 0.31 20100205-1558
  • Indev 0.31 20100205-2241
    Indev 0.31 20100205-2241
  • Indev 20100206-2103
    Indev 20100206-2103
  • Indev 20100207-1703
    Indev 20100207-1703
  • Indev 20100211-2340
    Indev 20100211-2340
  • Indev 20100214
    Indev 20100214
  • Indev 20100223
    Indev 20100223

Infdev

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  • Infdev 20100227-1433
    Infdev 20100227-1433
  • Infdev 20100327
    Infdev 20100327
  • Infdev 20100330-1611
    Infdev 20100330-1611
  • Infdev 20100607
    Infdev 20100607
  • Infdev 20100611
    Infdev 20100611
  • Infdev 20100616-1808
    Infdev 20100616-1808
  • Infdev 20100616-2210
    Infdev 20100616-2210
  • Infdev 20100617-1531
    Infdev 20100617-1531
  • Infdev 20100618
    Infdev 20100618
  • Infdev 20100625-0922
    Infdev 20100625-0922
  • Infdev 20100627
    Infdev 20100627
  • Infdev 20100627, after Alpha 1.0.6 (note the message saying to play Alpha instead)
    Infdev 20100627, after Alpha 1.0.6 (note the message saying to play Alpha instead)

Alpha

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  • Alpha v1.0.2_02
    Alpha v1.0.2_02
  • Alpha v1.0.4
    Alpha v1.0.4
  • Alpha v1.0.6_03
    Alpha v1.0.6_03
  • Alpha v1.0.10
    Alpha v1.0.10
  • Alpha v1.0.11
    Alpha v1.0.11
  • Alpha v1.0.12
    Alpha v1.0.12
  • Alpha v1.0.13
    Alpha v1.0.13
  • Alpha v1.0.14
    Alpha v1.0.14
  • Alpha v1.0.15
    Alpha v1.0.15
  • Alpha v1.0.16_02
    Alpha v1.0.16_02
  • Alpha v1.0.17_02
    Alpha v1.0.17_02
  • Alpha v1.0.17_04
    Alpha v1.0.17_04
  • Alpha v1.1.0
    Alpha v1.1.0
  • Start error of Alpha v1.1.1
    Start error of Alpha v1.1.1
  • Alpha v1.1.2
    Alpha v1.1.2
  • Alpha v1.1.2_01
    Alpha v1.1.2_01
  • Alpha v1.2.0_01
    Alpha v1.2.0_01
  • Alpha v1.2.2
    Alpha v1.2.2
  • Alpha v1.2.3_01
    Alpha v1.2.3_01
  • Alpha v1.2.3_02
    Alpha v1.2.3_02
  • Alpha v1.2.5
    Alpha v1.2.5

Beta

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  • Beta 1.0.2
    Beta 1.0.2
  • Beta 1.1
    Beta 1.1
  • Beta 1.1_02
    Beta 1.1_02
  • Beta 1.2
    Beta 1.2
  • Beta 1.2_02
    Beta 1.2_02
  • Beta 1.4_01
    Beta 1.4_01
  • Beta 1.5
    Beta 1.5
  • Beta 1.5_01
    Beta 1.5_01
  • Beta 1.6.6
    Beta 1.6.6
  • Beta 1.7.3
    Beta 1.7.3
  • Beta 1.8.1
    Beta 1.8.1

Release

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  • 1.2.5
    1.2.5
  • 1.4.7
    1.4.7

Misc

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  • Infinite Map Visualizer with Infdev
    Infinite Map Visualizer with Infdev

Trivia

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  • The applet version relied on the Java browser plugin, which was later considered insecure and then discontinued.[2]

See also

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

Notes

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  1. ↑ The index.jsp in the URLs is optional.
  2. ↑ All minecraft.net URLs may have optional subdomain www in addition to the bare domain. For mojang.com, the www subdomain is the only one.
  3. ↑ Applet removed between May 22 and June 27, 2009.
  4. ↑ Redirected to /classic/play from this point until site redesign in May 2016 (even when /classic/play was taken down).

References

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  1. ↑ minecraft.net/play.jsp (Source code) – Wayback Machine, May 25, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Java Browser Plugin is Dead, Long Live HTML5!" by David Maciejak – Fortinet, February 6, 2016.
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