[UCLA-LUG] Netscape and java applet

[Mark James Fasheh]

> I assume you tested the program under Windows and it ran correctly. If
> this is the case then it could be that you are using Java 2 code. Netscape
> Navigator does not support Java 2 under linux (AFAIK), and thus certain
> pieces of legal Java code won't run as an applet under Netscape. 
Hrm.  The netscape browser does not run Java 2 code on any platform.  The
latest ones do most of java 1.1 though.

> This may
> or may not be your problem - to find out if it is, you could try running
> the same applet under Internet Exploiter^H^H^H^Hrer. If it works under IE
> then it is likely that this is indeed the problem.
IE does Java 1.1 only as well.  After the whole MS/SUN thingy, you can bet
it'll be a cold day in hell before MS updates the java component of their
browser.

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