Kyle (& Everyone), Thank you Kyle, I did some testing. IF the user has Java 1.4 installed then yes there is an option to use the plug in. I also checked a stock Win98SE install (IE 5.0) and without installing Java 1.4 this option is not there for IE either!
So I agree "HTMLConverter is dead" but we still need a method to detect if Java 2 (JRE 1.4) is installed. And if not then we need to inform the visitor that they need to download and install Java 2 (JRE 1.4). We still have a "chicken and the egg" situation. We can use Java 1.4 *if* all users already have it installed. If not, then we've got problems with our applets not running. I guess I'll have to test more because I tried using the "alt" parameter of the Applet tag but it did not display in case of a failure. - John Wright Starfire Research Kyle McDonald wrote: > > John Wright wrote: > > > Allessandro, > > > > Sure... HTMLConverter *would* be dead if they'd make Netscape 4.7x > > handle just the APPLET tag too. I've tried IE & Netscape 6 (several > > versions of each) as well as Mozilla & Opera. For my own personal > > preference Netscape 4.7x is far better than any of the other browser > > options. Unfortunately it still has one huge drawback (poor support of > > Java Plug-ins). > > > > Hi John, > > I use Netscape 4.76 on Solaris all the time, and in Edit-Preferences > on the 'Advanced' tab there is a checkbox for 'enable Java' underwhich > there is another for 'enable Java Plugin.' It's my understanding (and > I could be wrong) that this is specifically for funneling all Java > (including the APPLET tag) to the Java Plugin. I know all the applets > I see now run in the plugin (you can tell by how they load.) I > suppose it's possible that the applet developers wrote the right > HTML to do that if possible to, but I think it's just netscape > forcing it. > > I just checked on Win2K, and Netscape 4.79 has it there also. > > -Kyle > > -- > _ > -------------------------------ooO( )Ooo------------------------------- > Kyle J. McDonald (o o) Systems Support Engineer > Sun Microsystems Inc. ||||| > Enterprise Server Products [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 1 Network Drive BUR03-4630 \\\// voice: (781) 442-2184 > Burlington, MA 01803 (o o) fax: (781) 442-1542 > -------------------------------ooO(_)Ooo------------------------------- > > =========================================================================== > 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". =========================================================================== 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".
