APPLET is deprecated in HTML 4.0 (which means you should start using the new OBJECT element instead), but it is still in frequent use. If you are modifying an APPLET to make it more accessible, use the "alt" attribute to briefly describe the action or purpose. Also, if it will help the audience to understand what the APPLET is meant to conveys, include a more detailed description in the content of the APPLET element (i.e. between the <APPLET> and </APPLET> tags), e.g.
If your browser supports APPLET, and if you have opted to let Java applets run on your system, then you will see some text randomly changing color and appearing in the APPLET window. If either condition is not met, you should see the following text:
If you were using a Java-enabled browser, you would see the text "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." dancing across the screen, instead of this paragraph.
Select this link to see the code that created the dancing text and its alternative.
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