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Re: LAS applet problems
Hi Jon,
FYI, I just tested the following browsers for
Javascript-calls-to-applet support at the URL you sent:
Opera 6 / OS X
IE 6 / OS X
Safari 1.0 / OS X
Mozilla 1.2 / OS X
All failed. I guess Mac browser developers must really have something
against this feature..
- Joe
On Thursday, January 30, 2003, at 12:54 PM, Jonathan Callahan wrote:
Hi all,
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:
1. your browser DOESN'T cause LAS to go into no-applet mode AND the
applet doesn't work
1. please test your browser at the ~/jsapplet.html page
2. report back with the test result and your OS and browser versions
2. your browser DOES cause LAS to go into no-applet mode BUT your
intrepid testing gets a positive result from the ~/jsapplet.html page
1. test your browser on LAS with ?use_java=true
2. report back with your LAS results and your OS and browser versions
And if any of you have further suggestions on how to improve our
browser support (suggested plugins, etc.) we'd love to hear them.
From the bleeding edge of write-once-run-anywhere,
... thanks a bunch,
-- Jon
Joe Wielgosz / joew@cola.iges.org
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