From: Christoph S. <c.s...@un...> - 2005-04-25 14:37:01
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Uli Fechner wrote: > Hi, > > I just read the announcement that one of the major topics of the JCP > hacking workshop is the development of an applett of decent size. > Considering the Java Web Start Technology I am not sure if it's still > necessary to support an applet. Java Web Start has several advantages > compared to Applets among which the easy extension of a "normal" Java > application may be the most important one. Oh, I'm sure the applet is of major importance and cannot be replaced with an application by Java WebStart technology. The seemless integration of an structure editor for structure searches into the pages of a web database of chemical structures cannot easily be mimicked with WebStart technology, I think. In any case, the applet is the most wanted feature from third party users. Cheers, Chris -- Priv. Doz. Dr. Christoph Steinbeck (c.s...@un...) Head of the Research Group for Molecular Informatics Cologne University BioInformatics Center (http://www.cubic.uni-koeln.de) Zülpicher Str. 47, 50674 Cologne Tel: +49(0)221-470-7426 Fax: +49 (0) 221-470-7786 What is man but that lofty spirit - that sense of enterprise. ... Kirk, "I, Mudd," stardate 4513.3.. |