Yes,
you need to use the LiveConnect bundle provided by Netscape, which is shipped with the jre. It is called jaws.jar.
Then you can use some JavaScript in the Applet to control the browser over the JSObject.
Look at this thread too:
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5159419&tstart=0
Greets.
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