<s>
HotJava	B-Language
(	O
later	O
called	O
HotJava	B-Language
Browser	I-Language
to	O
distinguish	O
it	O
from	O
HotJava	B-Language
Views	I-Language
)	O
was	O
a	O
modular	O
,	O
extensible	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
from	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
implemented	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
browser	B-Application
to	O
support	O
Java	B-Application
applets	I-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
Sun	O
's	O
demonstration	O
platform	O
for	O
the	O
then-new	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
Java	B-Language
developers	O
started	O
writing	O
WebRunner	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
the	O
internet	B-Application
browser	I-Application
Mosaic	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
‘	O
WebRunner’	O
was	O
a	O
tribute	O
to	O
the	O
Blade	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
movie	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Renamed	O
HotJava	B-Language
,	O
it	O
was	O
officially	O
announced	O
in	O
May	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
at	O
the	O
SunWorld	O
conference	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
parser	O
code	O
was	O
reused	O
by	O
the	O
standard	O
Java	B-Language
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HotJava	B-Language
had	O
somewhat	O
limited	O
functionality	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
browsers	B-Application
of	O
its	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
critically	O
,	O
HotJava	B-Language
suffered	O
from	O
the	O
inherent	O
performance	O
limitations	O
of	O
Java	B-Language
virtual	I-Language
machine	I-Language
implementations	O
of	O
the	O
day	O
(	O
both	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
processing	O
speed	O
and	O
memory	O
consumption	O
)	O
and	O
hence	O
was	O
considerably	O
sluggish	O
.	O
</s>
