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{{Infobox Software

| logo =

| screenshot = [[Image:MainPage-HotJava3-Optim.png|225px]]

| caption = HotJava 3.0 under Windows XP.

| developer = [[Sun Microsystems]]<ref name="nwfusion" />

| released = March{{Start 24,date 1997and age|1997|03|24}}<ref name="nwfusion">{{cite web|last=Rakitin|first=Jason|title=Review: Alternative Web browsers|url=http://www.nwfusion.com/news/1997/1027browser2.html|publisher=''Network World Fusion''|accessdate=August 16, 2010|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20011005005015/www.nwfusion.com/news/1997/1027browser2.html|archivedate= October 5, 2001|date=October 27, 1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Sun+Microsystems%2c+Inc.+to+Ship+HotJava+Browser+1.0%3b+New+Customizable...-a019198262|title=Sun Microsystems, Inc. to Ship HotJava Browser 1.0; New Customizable Browser Enables Custom Web Interface|publisher=''Business Wire''|date=March 11, 1997|accessdate=June 10, 2014}}</ref>

| latest release version = Late {{Start date and age|2004}} <small>''v3.0''</small>

| latest release date =

| latest preview version =

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| genre = [[Web browser]]

| license =

| website = {{Official websiteURL|1=http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/index-136232.html|name=HotJava Browser}}

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'''HotJava''' (later called '''HotJava Browser''' to distinguish it from [[HotJava Views]]) was a modular, extensible [[web browser]] from [[Sun Microsystems]] implemented in [[Java (programming language)|Java]]. It was the first browser to support [[Java applet]]s, and was Sun's demonstration platform for the then-new technology.<ref>{{cite web|last=Watson|first=Dave|title=A Quick Look at HotJava|url=http://www.scoug.com/os24u/2001/hotjava.html|publisher=''The Southern California OS/2 User Group''|accessdate=August 16, 2010|date=July 21, 2001}}</ref> It has since been discontinued and is no longer supported. Furthermore, the Sun Download Center was taken down on July 31, 2011, and the download link on the official site points to a placeholder page saying so.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sun Download Center decommission|url=http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/downloads/sdlc-decommission-333274.html|publisher=''Oracle Corporation''|accessdate=August 29, 2011}}</ref>

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==External links==

*[http://web.archive.org/web/{{wayback|date=19990202161640/|url=http://java.sun.com/products/hotjava/ |title=HotJava Browser]}}

*[http://browsers.evolt.org/?hotjava/ HotJava @ Evolt]

*[https://web.archive.org/web/{{wayback|date=19961104090931/|url=http://www.euroyellowpages.com/exhibitn/javhwhat.html |title=What is HotJava?]}}

*[http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9506.html History has a Lesson for HotJava]

*[http://ei.cs.vt.edu/book/chap1/java_hist.html History of Java]