Mikus Grinbergs wrote: > On Fri, 17 May 2002 05:27:14 GMT "William L. Hartzell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > Hi Bill. Yes, admit to having 32-bit TCPIP with my OS2 Warp3 >> > Connect. As to long file names I do have Henk Kelder�s FAT32 enabler >> > installed, and my problems in this respect stopped when I put Mozilla >> > on a FAT32 drive. As to Java I have yet to discover any problems >> > with using Java 1.1.8. Could you suggest an URL that I could test? >> >>Though I believe IBM when they say that Mozilla will not run with Java >>1.1.8, I not tested their assertion. You need to ask Mikus for test >>sites where Java 1.1.8 won't work using Mozilla. > > > Disclaimer: I am not paid to test Java, nor to test browsers. > So I do *not* have a test suite to wring them out with. > > Before talking about __testing__, let's talk about function: > > - Language: > > Once upon a time, Java-language executables were encapsulated > within <APPLET> HTML tags. IBM's Java 1.1.8 can handle <APPLET>. > > Then the language itself changed. Now, Java-language executables > are supposed to be encapsulated within <EMBED> HTML tags. IBM's > Java 1.3 and 1.3.1 can handle <EMBED>. > > IBM's Java 1.1.8 does not handle <EMBED>. How does one __test__ > that something is not handled ? I have no idea. > > - Browser to Java Virtual Machine Interface: > > To the best of my knowledge, the only way browsers get to IBM's Java > 1.1.8 with an <APPLET> is through a "custom" interface. Netscape > provides such an interface. (That is why in Netscape preferences > one needs to specify the "IBM Java Properties", particularly the > path to the 1.1.8 javai.dll) > > To the best of my knowledge, the only way browsers get to IBM's Java > 1.3 and 1.3.1 with an <EMBED> [*or* with an <APPLET>] is through > the __plugin__. Note that the plugin (to get to 1.3 and 1.3.1) > for Netscape is npjava.dll [it passes <EMBED> - remember, > <APPLET> gets passed through a "custom" interface to 1.1.8]. > The plugin (to get to 1.3 and 1.3.1) for Mozilla is npoji6.dll > [it passes <EMBED> and supposedly <APPLET> as well]. > > To the best of my knowledge, IBM's Java 1.1.8 does not support > the plugin interface. How does one __test__ that something is > not supported ? I have no idea. > > > As I said above, I have no idea how to __test__ that "Java 1.1.8 won't > work using Mozilla". All I know is that it is not *supposed* to work. > I do not have any URLs to suggest. > > > Sun has a whole bunch of demos, but they revised their site so the > URLs I had are no longer correct. I believe that if you go to > http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/relnotes/demos.html there will be > pointers to quite a few <EMBED> Java thingies. > > And an interactive Java <APPLET> which is simple is > http://www.cut-the-knot.com/pythagoras/morey.html >
See you know more than you let us see. -- Bill <Memorial Day is May 27th>
