We've been getting a few complaints that, on some browsers, LAS v6.0 stops working when one arrives at the 'Constraints' page that contains the applet. This appears to be primarily associated with inadequate support for Javascript calls to applet methods in those browsers.
The following page has a compilation of browsers that support Javascript calls to applet methods and a small test:
http://kofler.dot.at/browsersupport/jsapplet.html
If a browser does not support this functionality, there is little that can be done in LAS except provide a nice fail-over to a no-applet 'Constraints' page. The as yet unreleased LAS v6.1 should fail-over gracefully and is available for you to test here:
http://stout.pmel.noaa.gov:8680/v61_beta/servlets/dataset
Note that you can force the inclusion or absence of the applet by adding the '?use_java=false/true' parameter at the end of the URL. This will set state in the server and be remembered throughout an LAS session. Thus, to run LAS with no applet you may try this URL:
http://stout.pmel.noaa.gov:8680/v61_beta/servlets/dataset?use_java=false
If you've had problems with your browser please test the ~v61_beta~ site. We're interested in hearing from you if:
From the bleeding edge of write-once-run-anywhere,
... thanks a bunch,
-- Jon