[2809] in java-interest
Progressive Execution of Java Applets
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Glenn Chisholm)
Mon Oct 16 06:20:39 1995
From: glenn@ecto.curtin.edu.au (Glenn Chisholm)
To: java-interest@java.sun.com
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 15:37:05 +0800 (WST)
Afternoon,
While looking at the Java Language I have begun to wonder how
the browser handles the execution of the applet. I can see a great potential
for a huge amount of different applications, especially in some of the areas
we look at, in particular interactive multimedia. We create applications to
allow students to move through a course at their own pace and to do this we
supply simulations and and animations of costly and difficult lab experiments.
However these simulations creep into the MB's and delivering a multimegabyte
file to users in a distributed enviroment becomes impractical. Especially some
are distance education students and connect via modems.
Can a Java applet be coded so the process can begin with the minimal
code allowing the student to start the program while the rest is loaded in
the background? I realise that some waiting time is inevidable but all I am
attempting to do is minimise this wait.
An example of this, is a recent application which started with the
student viewing an animation of muscle contraction. Then progressing to other
animations of different related material. As well, reference and descriptive
material are included. If a student could start work once the first animation
was loaded then they could get some work done allowing the rest to load in
the back ground. Is this possible? Have I missed an obvious solution? Is
this documented somewhere?
Thanks
Glenn
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Glenn Chisholm Email : glenn@ecto.curtin.edu.au
Educational Computing Services Tel : (+619) 351 3200
Curtin University of Technology
Perth, Western Australia
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