Amol Kulkarni wrote:
> Well I cant make out the reason behind this.
> Now a real question :Is java 100% platform independant? I know its a
> foolish question to ask after you have seen results like this.
The core Java platform is platform-independent, but...
- In any complicated spec, there are always lots of little details that
are not specified and might behave differently on different platforms.
- Bugs happen, both in Java implementations and in the underlying
platform.
- Because Linux and Unix support so many different window managers, it's
been especially difficult to get all the details of window management to
behave consistently everywhere - the problem you reported might be such a
case.
People used to describe Java as "Write Once, Run Anywhere", but you don't
hear that expression used much anymore. A more accurate one is "Write
Once, Test Everywhere." Seeing something work differently in Windows than
in Linux doesn't necessarily mean the Linux JDK is broken.
> For the second question of applets on windows and Red Hat Linux i am
> specific about the look and feel of GUI . Is awt,swings applets
> behaviour dependant on platforms. Is there any such info available form
> blackdown or anyone else.
AWT components look different on different platforms (they are implemented
with platform-specific toolkits), but Swing components should behave the
same everywhere.
Nathan
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> Thanks and Regards
> Amol
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