I don't quite understand how this effects me. This is an SDK available for Windows only. I develop on Linux so it apparently doesn't apply. Or does it?
-- John Fred Klingener wrote: >Dear list, > >So quietly hardly anyone noticed, jdk1.3.1_01a appeared at > >http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3.1/ > >along with the news that Netscape 6.1 is available. The big >news with _01a is that browsers equipped with its RE now can run >applets from (unconverted) <APPLET tags. > >I stripped out all references to Java on my hard drive this >morning and installed NS6.1, the jdk1.3.1_01a, and J3D on top of >that. Eventually it worked on all of the Java 2 demo applets, >the Java 3D demo applets (on either the raw or the _plugin >converted html files), my 1.0 legacy applets, and my current >ones that had been giving me fits. > >This has been a long hard road, and I applaud Sun's commitment >and expertise. THIS IS ONE NIFTY PIECE OF WORK. > >I'm so happy about this that tomorrow, I'm going to start >stripping out all of my converted html. Let anyone who wants to >browse my site install _01a. It'll be a shock for everyone to >return to the good old days, but let's get it over with. > >The 'eventually' mentioned above included about a full day's >worth of false starts, security exceptions, failure to find >files and classes, but they all gradually faded away after >repeated reboots. I might have shuffled some *.properties files >around in response to cryptic exceptions, so I suppose I should >go back and blitz them. > >If I were going to redo the whole process, I think I'd do the >following: > >- I'd load Netscape 6.1 without Java2 support. I loaded it with >its own support and I ended up with two JREs. I fixed it by >removing from the jdk and the Javasoft/JRE all I could in an >orderly way, deleting the files and directories I couldn't, and >reinstalling the jdk. > >- For the first time I can remember, the jdk installation >properly installed the JRE, and I didn't have to install that >separately. > >- The Java 3D installer seemed to know exactly what to do. > >- I'd reboot after every install. As far as I'm concerned the >W2k registry is a malevolent living thing that's best humored. > >- I'd worry a lot less about the inscrutable error and exception >messages. I'd just reboot. > >I wouldn't rely on Netscape yet. There were a lot of dodgey >things going on - hangups and Ctrl-Alt-Dels - that may be >Netscape's fault. Some of the problems seemed to happen after >drag and droping an html file into it. Starting tomorrow, I'll >pay more attention. > >SUN RULES! > >Fred Klingener >Brock Engineering > >=========================================================================== >To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body >of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help". > -- _________________________________________________________ John T. Nelson President | Computation.com Inc. mail: | [EMAIL PROTECTED] company: | http://www.computation.com/ journal: | http://www.computation.org/ _________________________________________________________ =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
