Hi Julien,
Do You know if there will be any hope in future to get rid off "starting java"
delay ? It is simply too long a delay for many clients at the moment plus in
many cases users
have to wait for contents they do not even want to see.
You had good comments. Do you design applets for WAP in Paris ?
Julien Moussier wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Michael answser has to be moderated.
> All depends on the deployment target : Intranet ? Extranet ? Internet.
> On an Intranet (and Extranet under certain conditions) applets are
> much "thiner" than Windows applications and provide more interactivity
> than HTML/JavaScript.
> On Internet small applets can be use for specific functionality such
> as price tickers for example and highly interactive things that
> you couldn't do well with HTML/JavaScript.
> Success of applets deployment depends also on developers skills :
> Java applets can't be program like C++ applications (Corel syndrom) :
> there's a lot of constraints to respect : speed, lightness, portability,
> firewalls, ...
> (all those things that require experience...)
>
> Sincerely
> JM
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Hildebrandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 11:34 AM
> Subject: Applet at Front, Servlet at Back?
>
> > Hello:
> >
> > I am curious as to whether many developers are beginning to use applets
> for
> > their GUIs (rather than HTML) as a somewhat thin client
>
> No, because applets are not thin clients. They require a VM, which may not
> even exist on the client side. They also require downloading classes.
>
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