Nic
I was just womdering if the kind of interacivity an applet can provide(In
addition to the aesthetics ) can also be done in JavaScript.
What do you say.
Kapil
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nic Ferrier [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 1999 4:30 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Newbie architecture advice needed - servlet/JDBC/applet
>
> >>> 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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