Ubisoft have now created a version of The Settlers which is completely online and plays through your browser.
Take a look at
http://www.thesettlersonline.com/en
It is currently in Beta and free to play. You need to register, but if you have a Facebook account you can just click that and don't need to enter anything else, and then you just request a Beta entry code, they email you, and away you go. Plus they have some Christmas content currently running in the game.
Enjoy!
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