Wont this browser be useable for AmigaOS?

[Ilwrath]

Well, there is Kaffe.... It's a Java VM for Amiga.  most of core Java is there, but AWT is pretty sketchy, according to the readme's and such.  I haven't tried it, but I don't think it would work too well.  Especially not for something like an entire browser in Java.  

Besides, Java is "write once, TEST everywhere, anyhow"......

Hmm.... Wonder what would happen if you tried to load jazilla as a java app inside Sun Java Plug-in for Mozilla.  You could have the first Mozilla running mozilla!  :-P

[Ilwrath]

Urgh!

It won't run on Kaffe, nor will the majority of other Java desktop applications. Most need J2RE, and this is not available for AmigaOS or MorphOS, or even AmigaDE. I'm not aware of any confirmed plans to have Java ported to any of the Amiga operating systems in the future either.

Yeah, it really would be a boost to have the J2RE for Amiga/Peg, wouldn't it?  Of course, I don't know how severe a performance impact that would cause, even on the "modern" PPC hardware.  I can't exactly say it's crisp on my 1.2ghz Athlon.  (usable, don't get me wrong, but not crisp.)

As for security risks....  I'd say a browser on a JavaVM should be MORE secure, as it's an additional layer of abstraction between the browser and the hardware.  Not only would the exploit need to work on the browser, but it would have to get outside the VM.  Of course, I could be horribly wrong on this.  I haven't really given it much thought.  It WOULD be dog-slow...