OK, _my_ apologies for not being more proactive about this whole deal. This has turned out to be an issue that we are still fighting with as described in this note from our JBPC development group: >We found, as have other Java developers, that the cross-platform promise of >Java has yet to be fulfilled (see for example, NetworkWorld, December, 1996: >"Write Java applets once, run them anywhere? Not!"). This means that we have >to retest our code with every Java operating environment we try to support. >It never works first time, in most cases due to bugs in the Java environment >itself, or differences in implementation between different environments. The >bottom line here is that we can only support a limited number of (most >popular) environments at the current time -- Java is just not standard enough >to write once and run everywhere. > >Our decision to ship a stand-alone application instead of running inside a >browser allows us to test our code against the same Java run-time (the one we >ship with the application) that will be used by our customers. Again, this >concession is made necessary because the run-times are so varied. We have >tried, and we are currently unable to make a single version that runs under >both Internet Explorer and Netscape, because of differences in the networking >APIs. These differences normally don't affect authors of lightweight applets >that do little but drive the screen, but they kill us. The decision to run >stand-alone has little or no negative impact on the operation of the >application; it looks just the same inside a browser window as it does in a >stand-alone application, except there is no browser frame around the outside >of the Window. > >Lynn Kevin Smith Updated Service and Support Ascend Communications Resources are now at: <A HREF="http://www.ascend.com/service">http://www.ascend.com/service</A> ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.shore.net/~dreaming/ascend-faq">http://www.shore.net/~dreaming/ascend-faq</A>> or <<A HREF="ftp://ftp.shore.net/members/dreaming/ascend-faq.txt">ftp://ftp.shore.net/members/dreaming/ascend-faq.txt</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <HR> <STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg00025.html">(ASCEND) JBPC in Browser?</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Ken Mandelberg <km@mathcs.emory.edu></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00067.html">Re: (ASCEND) Palmtop port</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00070.html">Re: (ASCEND) 56K Upgrade</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00025.html">(ASCEND) JBPC in Browser?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00028.html">(ASCEND) 4.6Dp3 for MAX Classic</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="mail10.html#00071"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd2.html#00071"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>