Charles A Edwards wrote:
> I think it is my ignorance not yours. How does one know when looking at
> the source code on that page that the applet was done in Java.
> When I have looked at the code on other sites , they have listed :
> lang.<javascript> so I know it was done in Java but this page dosen't do
> that.
You have a good point, I was mostly going by everything else on the
page. Their whole point is to advertise a java applications builder - I
just assumed they would be using their own product. I don't really
know, but I think you could build the same applet in C / C++. Java is
more popular I believe, but that doesn't mean they are using it.
> I suppose to be able to view this type of applet in Linux one needs to
> have some sort of MS VM clone installed
hmmm... where would one find such a thing?
> Maybe I have just been lucky but on both my systems pages display in SO
> as well as in IE and in most cases load faster. You can and in some case
> have to do more tweaking in linux in so far as fonts, sizes, DPI, etc. to
> customize it to your preferences.
> In my case I have used Netscape only if I had to(I don't like it) so I was
> happy to get SO installed and running.
I do have SO installed on Windows 2000 and it looks great! It even
opens much faster than the Linux version, but that could be due to a
number of factors - I should probably think before slamming an entire
product. Netscape does have good qualities, each update (4.72, .73 and
now .74) looks like the only thing they've really changed is the version
number though! It does have a sort charming familiarity however, like
an old shirt.
Mike
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