Jerry, Thanks, so good to have you helping so many of us.
John R. On Jul 7, 2004, at 7:10 PM, Jerry Yeager wrote: > 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 Quite possibly their applet-html is out of date.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" >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>> | be July 27. 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