I will have to take a shot in the dark here.
Probably Henri or one of the others can correct me if I am wrong on
parts (or all) of this, but I am remembering that Java for Cocoa is for
apps that you download to your desktop and run (they use Java code).
The other Java stuff is for internet gizmos that run in your browser.
The windoze approach to Java is of course different (M$ and Sun keep
battling in and out of court on this one) and the thing that you
download for windoze IE is handled differently than for other platforms
because of the way M$ uses IE to run its operating system. So the
sloppy 1.4.2 version check would work in windoze and no where else
(complaints for the rest of the Java using world that Henri noted).
Jerry
On Jul 07, 2004, at 5:20 PM, John Robinson wrote:
> Hen,
>
> You are right, I did type it wrong, and it should be an = instead of a
> +. I also bet this is an older version. The site will work with
> Internet Explorer on the Windows side, with a plugin from Microsoft,
> but so far we can't get it to work with Sun.
>
> Jerry,
>
> Possibly you have hit on it. I ran the list as you suggested, the
> first is Shockwave Flash, then Shockwave for Director. Then the Java
> Plug-in says it is 1.3.1 (CFM), then another Java Plug-in that is
> 1.3.1, and finally a Java for Cocoa plug-in that is 1.4.2.
>
> Then there is a long list of QuickTime plug-in's. (I have QuickTime
> 6.5.1 Pro installed)
>
> I can't send an attachment showing the list, hopefully this will help.
> Do the Java 1.3.1's make this the problem, or since I have the 1.4.2
> why does the dialogue box say I need it?
>
> I downloaded the 1.4.2 drivers directly from Sun and installed them
> when we were trying to troubleshoot this a couple weeks ago.
>
> Any suggestions would really be appreciated, and I thank you both for
> your replies.
>
> John R.
>
>
> On Jul 7, 2004, at 4:32 PM, Henri Yandell wrote:
>
>>
>> Unsure exactly. The + is very odd in there as googling I nearly
>> always see
>> something like:
>>
>> application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.4.2
>>
>> Could you have typo'd that? + does sometimes mean > 1.4.2, so it
>> could be
>> something they've done (or they could have typo'd it).
>>
>> Quite possibly their applet-html is out of date. To put an applet in a
>> webpage, Java developers have had to use increasingly cryptic
>> incantations
>> and it seems that an older incantation no longer works with the
>> jpi-version or something. Googling, I can see various complaints from
>> the
>> Linux-Mozilla users.
>>
>> Another possibility is that OS X doesn't pick up 1.4.2 but only
>> 1.4.2_03
>> or something silly. These are the kinds of reasons I steer clear of
>> applet
>> jobs :) Painful world.
>>
>> Hen
>>
>> On Wed, 7 Jul 2004, John Robinson wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I previously sent this out with a snapshot of the screen, but since I
>>> didn't get a copy I am assuming the server won't accept attachments.
>>> At the bottom the note I sent before I will type what the Safari
>>> Dialogue said.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Friends,
>>>
>>>
>>> I am attaching a screenshot of what I get when I try to log onto a
>>> site
>>> I really need. This site is written with Microsoft Java (UGH), but
>>> supposedly they have a version for Sun Java, but even though I have
>>> talked to several of their tech. people they don't know why this
>>> doesn't work.
>>>
>>> When I use Internet Explorer, Netscape, or others I don't get the
>>> dialogue box as you see here with Safari, but the site doesn't work.
>>>
>>> I have tired using the debugging feature in Safari, and trying to
>>> mimic
>>> a PC, but that also doesn't work.
>>>
>>> Anyone know what the problem might be?
>>>
>>> I sure appreciate the help.
>>>
>>> John Robinson
>>>
>>>
>>> This is the dialogue:
>>>
>>> "Safari cannot find the Internet plug-in.
>>>
>>> The page ""has content of MIME type
>>> "application/x-java-applet;jpi-version+1.4.2. Because you don't
>>> have a
>>> plug-in installed for this MIME type, this content can't be
>>> displayed"
>>>
>>
>>
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