yes u r true adam it's too complicated i think,
but still u can run  a non-applet java  program using an java enabled browser.
how i am telling this one is., u can check with the DEMO section of Java2
Standard Edition(J2SE). (DEMO is inside your <java_dir>\demo folder & it's
optional)
Each program  having corresponding .HTML file to execute
especially look into \demo\jfc\SwingSet2 it's completely done using Swing
components but still it's running  perfectly on my Internet Explorer6.0 on a
Windows XP machine by just double clicking SwingSet2.html file in that folder.
if anybody how to do this stuff plz explain. im also trying...