Javascript applets don't work

[Gary R.]

I've noticed that occasionally I run across something on the internet that
doesn't work, I assume all javascript applets. For example:
http://www.eece.maine.edu/Power/Java/javacam/javacam.html
There's supposed to be a simulated camera, and there's only a red x. This
happens elsewhere, only on XP...I can reboot the same machine to ME and
everything works as it should.

I vaguely remember hearing that MS was discontinuing the inclusion of use of
Java in browsers and you had to download it from Sun (??) Or is it just a
setting somewhere? It seems to work on every ME machine and no XP machines.
There are no indicators of what to do other than the red x (like you'd get
if you didn't have flash, where they'd say "if this doesn't work, go to ....
and download...", etc.) How can I fix this, thanks for any suggestions.

Gary

 

[Anthony Ewell]

I've noticed that occasionally I run across something on the internet that
doesn't work, I assume all javascript applets. For example:
http://www.eece.maine.edu/Power/Java/javacam/javacam.html
There's supposed to be a simulated camera, and there's only a red x. This
happens elsewhere, only on XP...I can reboot the same machine to ME and
everything works as it should.

I vaguely remember hearing that MS was discontinuing the inclusion of use of
Java in browsers and you had to download it from Sun (??) Or is it just a
setting somewhere? It seems to work on every ME machine and no XP machines.
There are no indicators of what to do other than the red x (like you'd get
if you didn't have flash, where they'd say "if this doesn't work, go to ....
and download...", etc.) How can I fix this, thanks for any suggestions.

Gary

Hi Robert,

Take a trip over to

http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

and get (and install) the latest revision. Then give it
a whirle.

You may also wish to evaluate the Mozilla Firefox
browser, which works well with Java. It is also
50% faster than IE, is w3c compliant, has a build in
pop up blocker, has tabbed browsing, and https works
correctly.


http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/0.8/FirefoxSetup-0.8.exe

HTH,
--Tony

 

[Me]

Hi Robert,

Take a trip over to

http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

and get (and install) the latest revision. Then give it
a whirle.

You may also wish to evaluate the Mozilla Firefox
browser, which works well with Java. It is also
50% faster than IE, is w3c compliant, has a build in
pop up blocker, has tabbed browsing, and https works
correctly.


http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/0.8/FirefoxSetup-0.8.exe

You could also just go download Netscape 7.1 as it's just Mozilla with a
few graphics changed. Netscape will install with java already in it. ;-)

 

[Anthony Ewell]

You could also just go download Netscape 7.1 as it's just Mozilla with a
few graphics changed. Netscape will install with java already in it. ;-)

If my memory is holding correctly, Netscape 7.1 is based on Mozilla 1.5.
Mozilla is up to 1.6 now and is a whole lot less buggy that Netscape
7.1. You also don't get a lot of AOL trash with it like you do in
NS 7.1.

Also, Mozilla is a combined browser and eMail program. To better
perform, the Mozilla Foundation has now split them apart:

Mozilla Firefox: browser
Mozilla Thunderbird: eMail

Both can be downloaded from http://mozilla.org

And, OH BOY, do they work nicer that the combined Mozilla. This is
were you get the 50% faster that IE. Mozilla 1.6 also does not have
tabbed browsing (apparently too hard to do in a combined unit).

On the negative side. Both Mozilla and Mozilla Firefox have trouble
on proprietary, non-w3c compliant, IE only, business-to-business
web sites, which is a shame.

--Tony