Re: [Promotego-developers] applets -- breif comment

[Alf M. <am...@gm...>]

In my experience, applets tend to be slow to load, and lead to a
clunky experience for a lot of users.  I think we can address this
with DHTML in a way that would be a pretty smooth experience.

What's a Japplet?  I've never heard that word before.

-Alf


On Nov 13, 2007 5:03 PM, James Funk <fun...@de...> wrote:
> A  Java applet might not require browser plug ins.  However, to avoid plug
> ins, there are limits on what can be put in it.  It would have to use AWT and
> not Swing.  It would also have to be an applet, not a Japplet.
>
>
> On Tuesday 13 November 2007 18:42, you wrote:
> > ----- Forwarded Message ----
> > From: Adam Ulvi <ada...@ya...>
> > To: James Funk <mar...@ya...>; Alf Mikula <am...@gm...>
> > Cc: pro...@li...
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 4:23:02 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Promotego-developers] check in
> >
> > Assuming you want to include the functionality, I think JS is the best
> >  tool for the job. Anything else (applets, flash, silverlight) all
> >  require browser plug-ins. That's not to say that JS is great for
> >  cross-browser programming, lord knows I spent enough time with "dhtml"
> > back in the Netscape 4.x days hating all rendering engines. However, this
> > should be fairly straightforward on current browsers.
> >
> > If someone wants to write it up as a bug/feature, feel free to assign
> >  it to me and I'll work on it when I get sick of staring at Java.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > - A
>