on 3/28/01 12:46 PM, Neil at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Have you tried it on any sites with Java yet? Java and long file names are
> two incentives that might get me to upgrade to Mac O/S X before the July
> MacWorld.
I really am curious about this:
How does use of JAVA in a browser have anything to do with JAVA being part
of an OS? Isn't JAVA a pretty self-contained set of libraries that aren't
really hooked into any part of the OS? Furthermore, if used within a
browser, like IE, JAVA is just referenced and used, just like any other
external library.
Granted, OS X ships with a more evolved implementation of JAVA, but I am
really curious, on a philosophical level, why this version of JAVA only
works (allegedly) under OS X (besides Apple's decision to only develop it
under OS X). Furthermore, besides being used for some fancy roll-over
buttons, and useless menu animations, what good is Java actually within the
browser environment (or even an OS)?
Sure, there are some hardware configurations products that are JAVA based,
and which conveniently can be deployed on several platforms thusly, but I
can count the number of such apps on one hand (now, server based JAVA is a
different issue altogether, and I can see some of the benefits).
Long file names - would be good if the Finder supported them. Actually, OS 9
already has support for long file names, just the Finder didn't support them
as well.
Harry
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