Re: LAS applet problems

[Joe Wielgosz <joew@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For the record, a minor correction below

On Thursday, January 30, 2003, at 04:19 PM, Joe Wielgosz wrote:

> 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
should be IE 5.2 / OS X. You probably knew what I meant.

- Joe

> 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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