Interesting. But I don't think it's up to the average Web surfer to see to
it that his/her system is set up so as to be JAVA-proof. My computer came
to me configured by Dell. I certainly don't have the savvy to reconfigure
it. Back when we had Win 3x, I used to meddle with the config.sys and
autoexec.bat files, but I don't pretend to undersstand Win95.
I find I do have a config.sys file. It's in a directory -
C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS.
What would happen if I removed it?
Cordially, Mary
===========
At 06:36 PM 7/4/98 -0500, Peter J. Schoenster wrote:
>On 4 Jul 98, at 14:19, Mary McWilliams Johnson wrote:
>
>> I enjoyed the fireworks for only a few seconds. Then the JAVA did its
>> thing on my computer - first it forced Eudora to close, then my screen
>> went black, and the only option left was to reboot. (It wouldn't respond
>> to a warm boot.) I had several applications open at the time, working on a
>> Web page. So of course, I had to reopen all applications and set up my
>> project again.
>>
>> This has just added to my list of reasons why people should not use JAVA
>> applets on Web pages.
>
>I have to agree and disagree.
>
>I have finally been working in a sort of real world workplace. I have
visited a few
>companies and seen their IS departments in action and I was always amazed
>at how bad things were; how little people knew or cared to know.
>
>The above java applet did not crash my computer or cause any problems. I am
>running NT 4.0 build 1381 with service pack 3.
>
>I work at a job and I bring my own computer with me to work. I consider my
>computer so vital that I did not want someone else's computer. I use my
own. I
>should get a laptop though.
>
>Just recently 2 people at work had their computers fail to reboot after
>downloading IE 4.0 and companion programs as they stated. I am no sysadmn
>but I looked at their computers. The problem was with stacks and the
>config.sys file. Why would config.sys even be on a win95 machine? As I
said I
>am not sysadmn but I don't think the computers were ever properly configured.
>
>I think that java and javascript has the potential to crash a user's
computer.
>But I don't think a properly written program will do it; but if the user's
computer
>is improperly configured ....no, it still shouldn't crash it. The program
should
>really check first and exit gracefully if it doesn not find what it needs.
>
>Since I have been programming in Perl I have discovered that I can write all
>sorts of error messages. I can check in advance if some service or file
exists
>before continuing. It is often easier to just ignore those checks and to
just die.
>
>For instance i can do this:
>(there are really almost infinite alternatives here)
>
>open(F,"$file");
>or
>open(F,"$file") || die;
>or
>open(F,"$file") || die "At line X I could not open File $file to write";
>or
>open(F,"$file") || &error_handler("die","$!);
>or
>open(F,"$file") || &error_handler("continue","$!);
>
>and then error_handler can present the user with a message in the case of
'die'
>or just keep going in the case of 'continue'. And that same handler can send
>anyone or everyone with an email about the problem.
>
>It just seems to me that so many of these errors could be handled in a much
>beter way.
>
>And java should be used but users should be sure there computers are in
>shape and programmers should write their programs differently.
>
>Peter
>
>
>
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