[3273] in RedHat Linux List
Re[2]: JAVA Browser?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sheldon E. Newhouse)
Thu Nov 7 20:11:53 1996
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 19:12:38 -0500
From: "Sheldon E. Newhouse" <sen1@math.msu.edu>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <199611071955.OAA31278@sullivan.bentley.com>
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Mark Hamstra writes:
> "Sheldon E. Newhouse" <sen1@math.msu.edu> wrote:
> > Daniel W. Forsyth writes:
> > > Sheldon E. Newhouse wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Daniel W. Forsyth writes:
> > > > > Is it just me? Or does Netscape crash too much to be even
> > slightly
> > > > > feasible for running JAVA applications? Is there any other
> > way to run
> > > > > JAVA based code? Thanks.
> > > > What is your hardware, and what version of NS are you running?
> > Also, how
> > > > much memory do you have? I have a P5-133, 96 MB RAM, Matrox 4MB.
> > No
> > > > apparent problems with NS and java.
> > > >
> > > > -sen
> > >
> > > Pentium 120, 32Meg Ram, Trident 1MB PCI. Thanks.
> >
> > Well, the other posts to this thread are giving me more reasons not to
> > rush into upgrading to 4.0. 3.0.3 works just dandy.
>
> Just dandy with Java applets or Java applications? 4.0 with the
> appropriate treatment of libc to satisfy Netscape will run Java applets
> just dandy, too. I have yet to see *any* Java environment on *any* OS
> run full-fledged Java applications (like the Corel Office and Applix
> Anyware demos) without crashing, so I would be very surprised if 3.0.3
> worked any more 'just dandy' with these than with 4.0.
>
I was referring to Java applets; e.g. at the page www.geom.umn.edu. How
does one check on the applications, where does one find examples, and
what is it good for?
TIA,
-sen
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