Actually the plugin used by 4.78 Mac is much limited to what is capable
in PC/UNIX. The Java plugin for Mac still uses the symantec engine
instead of the Sun engine.
For one thing the Mac version doesn't allow for the use of the embed
command. Any Java applets with embed commands simply don't work.
if you want to see the limitations of the Java Plugin fpr Mac read the
information here:
<http://www.mozilla.org/oji/MRJPlugin.html>.
basic wrote:
>
> Albert wrote:
> > Netscape 4.x did not have the icon because it did not use the 1.3 JVM
> > from sun, it uses the built-in Symantec JVM, which is something like
> > 1.1.8. The 1.3 JVM only activates itself when it is specifically called
> > in 4.x, not whenever a java app is encountered, then the built in one
> > handles that.
> >
>
> In NS4.78 this is no longer always true. NS4.78 allows the user to use
> the Sun JVM in place of the built-in one.
>
> basic
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