>On 1/28/00 1:41 PM, andu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>>On 1/28/00 4:43 AM, Sandro Bilbeisi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on
>>>the xTalk list):
>>>
>>>>I just chanced on the homepage of a new JAVA XCMD for HyperCard:
>>>>http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Circuit/6865/
>>>
>>>
>>>I'm wondering how hard it would be to incorporate something like this
>>>into MetaCard? It allows javabeans to be used within HyperCard, which
>>>leads to some pretty amazing capabilities. Examples include the use of
>>>the Swing set widgets, and a full browser running within HyperCard.
>>
>>Java should be ilegal. Every time I tried using it either locked my
>>computer or some other thing went wrong. I was trustful enough to test the
>>above and, as expected it locked the machine for a while, HC didn't quit,
>>after which only a restart would bring things to normal. Even Windows
>>behaves better.
>
>I agree that java is not the greatest thing on the planet. I agree that
>we should be wary. But I tried this XCMD and had (almost) no problems. I
>did notice that the example stack used a wait command after trying to
>load a java bean, which on a few occasions when the bean didn't load
>properly, made HyperCard appear hung. Command-period fixed the situation.
>
>On the other hand, in about fifteen minutes (had to update my java
>installation and my copy of HyperCard), I had a web browser in a stack.
>Think about that--a full-blown, graphics-capable,
>javascript-and-cookies-enabled browser. I hit Apple's site and the New
>York Times, and it works well (graphics update on animations was a little
>flickery). This is a Very Good Thing. There are a _lot_ of beans out
>there. Check out
>
>http://www.flashline.com/components/javabeans.jsp
>
>or
>
>http://industry.java.sun.com/solutions/0,2346,beans,00.html
>
>Maybe you're right, and we don't need this. But I think it would be great
>to be able to write a MetaCard application that was able to display my
>company's live web page as an about box. (Actually, that would be
>bad--but there are other examples)
So, you would like to have a MC browser. I'm 90% sure it could be done, I
just don't have the patience to try it. In theory it only involves
downloading text and graphics and arranging them in a pre defined order.
I'm sure if efforts were made in this direction, MC would supply the
necessary improvements(hyperlinks, XML,etc.). And it would be a lot faster
then any Java&all.
>
>gc
>
>
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Regards, Andu
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