I thought that Sun was working on a version of the JRE that worked with IE6...isn't that what the new XP version of the JRE is supposed to be?
I thought that the man upstairs (Scott Mc) said that they'd have an XP compatable JRE at the time that XP launched... could be wrong though. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 8:33 PM Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] Still having problems with applets... > Kelvin, > > Due to the ubiquity of Internet Explorer on the web, its almost impossible > to say "use Netscape instead" to my customers. Of course, some customers > will voluntarily switch when their browsers stop working. Many corporate > customers will not have this option because their standard browser is IE. > > When I run Mozilla and attempt to download the plugin, I can't get past the > "ACCEPT/DECLINE" end user licence agreement page. I suspect that you are > rejecting any browser that doesn't identify itself as one of the major > accepted browsers. Since Mozilla and some other browsers take Netscape > plugins I suggest that you allow other than Netscape users to get past that > EULA. > > Internet Explorer 6.0 Java and JAVA SCRIPT incompatibilities are going to be > a real pain when that thing goes into wide use. I just hope that the > problems ARE as a result of Microsoft's incompatibilities and not through > Sun's plugin or my code. I'm particularly concerned about the Javascript > problems I'm seeing. Javascript is probably in more widespread use on the > web than Java. > > Cheers! > > -- John > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Discussion list for Java 3D API > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kelvin Chung > > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:03 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] Still having problems with applets... > > > > > > Hi John, > > > > Java plugin may not work under IE6.0, see > > > > http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/review/2001-08-28-ie-released.htm > > > > Please use Netscape instead. > > > > - Kelvin > > -------------- > > Java 3D Team > > Sun Microsystems Inc. > > > > >Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >MIME-Version: 1.0 > > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > >X-Priority: 3 (Normal) > > >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > > >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 > > >Importance: Normal > > >Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 23:19:44 -0700 > > >From: John Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] Still having problems with applets... > > >Comments: To: Kelvin Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >Kelvin, > > > > > >I think this is very important so please take note... > > > > > >I performed each of the steps described on the web page you sent me, and > > >each time I tested the applet, it crashed IE 6.0. I am using plugin 1.3. > > >Nothing seemed to help and the applet crashed IE 6.0 as soon as > > the applet > > >loading web page was touched. > > > > > >I *was* able to correct the problem by changing the web page > > that starts the > > >applet to run the plugin for IE and Netscape on Windows and Solaris ONLY. > > >The java script that HTML Converter embeds in the web page for "extended > > >(and ALL browsers)" apparently crashes IE 6.0 immediately. > > > > > >Has Microsoft changed IE 6.0 to be incompatible with the Javascript that > > >HTMLConverter produces in this case? Or maybe the generated > > Javascript has a > > >problem with plugin 1.3 and IE 6.0. At any rate, the simpler "IE and > > >Netscape for Windows and Solaris" works. > > > > > >Your suggestions for nulling out the view platform, et al in the > > destroy() > > >method looked good, but IE 6.0 still wedges solid when I close > > the applet. > > >I don't think its the code... I think it has something to do > > with the plugin > > >and IE 6.0. Is Microsoft deliberately changing the plugin API so as to > > >sabotage your efforts? > > > > > >Also, in a related issue... the Zoom behavior doesn't seem to > > work properly > > >in the applet, although run from the command line zoom is just > > fine. In the > > >applet, "zoom" just does a translate. > > > > > >-- John > > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: Discussion list for Java 3D API > > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kelvin Chung > > >> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 3:34 PM > > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] Still having problems with applets... > > >> > > >> > > >> Hi John, > > >> > > >> Please check out. > > >> > > >> http://www.j3d.org/faq/running.html#import > > >> > > >> - Kelvin > > >> ----------- > > >> Java 3D Team > > >> Sun Microsystems Inc. > > >> > > >> >Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> >X-Sender: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> >MIME-Version: 1.0 > > >> >Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 17:28:10 -0400 > > >> >From: John Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> >Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] Still having problems with applets... > > >> >Comments: To: Kelvin Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> > > > >> >Urk.... I didn't expect this. Crashed the applet on launch... > > >> > > > >> >java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.media.j3d.Canvas3D > > >> > at com/ms/vm/loader/URLClassLoader.loadClass > > >> > at java/lang/ClassLoader.loadClassInternal > > >> > at stand/VisDemo.init > > >> > at com/ms/applet/AppletPanel.securedCall0 > > >> > at com/ms/applet/AppletPanel.securedCall > > >> > at com/ms/applet/AppletPanel.processSentEvent > > >> > at com/ms/applet/AppletPanel.processSentEvent > > >> > at com/ms/applet/AppletPanel.run > > >> > at java/lang/Thread.run > > >> > > > >> >Is the Canvas object in the plugin? > > >> > > > >> >-- John > > > > > >================================================================= > > ========== > > >To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include > > in the body > > >of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". 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