>>> Gary Wesley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/22/99 10:29:00 PM >>>
>But what if I really need to use Swing
>(mandated by my boss)?
Get a new boss.
Swing is terrible - you're applet will be terribly slow on just about
any platform you care to run it on and using the Java Plugin (a must
for Swing) is like using a shotgun for making pasta.
Seriously.
Swing is a great idea but it just requires too much processing power.
You'd be much better using AWT if you *have* to go the applet route.
And if you still insist on using Swing the best thing to do is use
HTTP as the protocol, otherwise you end up with all sorts of firewall
problems.
But at the end of the day the web just isn't built to work with this
sort of code. Tiny applets work ok but even then you get problems
using the plugin. The real power with servlets is to use JSP and
JavaScript cleverly to make the user *think* they've got something
truly interactive.
The low resistance of this method is what makes it so cool.
Nic
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