On Thu, 5 Sep 2002 15:54:15 UTC, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeffrey Smick) 
opined:

> Trying to go here:
> http://estore.alltel.com/
> and mozilla doesn't like it. Connection is made, title of page shows 
> up in Mozilla titlebar. Then Mozilla closes itself.

It didn't do that here. It loaded all its graphics and got its Java 
applet partly loaded. There came a point at which it raised a Java 
General Plugin Exception, in a window from which I was not able to 
copy the displayed listing. I can see, however, that some of the lines
speak about native methods, which makes me think the clever programmer
saw fit to use Windows-specific calls, thus advancing Bill (Osama) 
Gates' agenda for killing Java any way he can.

The truth is that the site probably needs an applet like it needs a 
hole in the head. It's just an e-store with a shopping cart, and there
is nothing there that couldn't be done without making any demands of 
the user's browser. Once the word gets around that anybody can be a 
web designer, amateurism like this is all that can be expected.

I don't know why it behaved differently here from what you see. I also
don't see any indication of a name for the plugin that the applet is 
looking for. If someone will look at the site on a Windows machine, he
will probably see a working applet. My own reaction in your position 
would be to write to Alltel and explain to them why you have to take 
your business elsewhere.

-- 
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