Features in Applet:

Java 1.1 has been out since early in the year of 1997.  Various features will appear new and different if you are moving to Java 1.2 from java 1.0.  Here is summary of the new characteristic of java 1.1

Internationalization:

New classes and methods have been added to make writing programs for international users even simpler. This involves support for non -English characters and text sorting, as well as a variety of time and date standards.

Security:

Various enhancements, involving digital signing, have been incorporated into a new and improved security manager.  Also security for native method calls has been enhanced.

Performance enhancements:

A new AWT event model and finished rewrite of the native code for AWT has boosted GUI performance dramatically. Also  much  of  the  compiler  and  interpreter  coded  has  been rewritten.

Network and I/O enhancements:

New classes give extra network a functionality, as well as greater customization, buttered input and output.