Our company's web site has been designed to work with or without Java Applets. The Java Applet based solution (JVM 1,02 and up) is faster, but the no-applet (pure HTML, server-side) solution will do the job. If we don't see Java in the client... we don't use it.
Here's the problem.
We are seeing users with XP machines that don't tell us when they DON'T have Java.
We test for Java via this Javascript statement (after FIRST checking that Javascript is there):
if (navigator.javaEnabled())
What happens on some XP machines is that they will tell us they DO have Java... when they DON'T... and then they will prompt the user to see if they want to download the Java plugin (sometimes). A bad thing.
My question is... other than turning off Java when we see any 6.0/NT 5.1 combo out there (like we do for Opera, for other reasons)... is there an 'approved' way of knowing if the XP machine DOES have Java installed?
Why not? They pretty much seem to be the accepted "small payment" system... and when I saw Pud using them for the memorial fund on f*edcompany I figured they must be O.K..
My understanding is that it's pretty much run on the PalPal servers and is a pretty simple link to your system.
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I hope my company's application plays a role in that.
We do have a no-java version, but the java version is so much nicer.
Our company's web site has been designed to work with or without Java Applets. The Java Applet based solution (JVM 1,02 and up) is faster, but the no-applet (pure HTML, server-side) solution will do the job. If we don't see Java in the client ... we don't use it.
... when they DON'T ... and then they will prompt the user to see if they want to download the Java plugin (sometimes). A bad thing.
... other than turning off Java when we see any 6.0/NT 5.1 combo out there (like we do for Opera, for other reasons) ... is there an 'approved' way of knowing if the XP machine DOES have Java installed?
Here's the problem.
We are seeing users with XP machines that don't tell us when they DON'T have Java.
We test for Java via this Javascript statement (after FIRST checking that Javascript is there):
if (navigator.javaEnabled())
What happens on some XP machines is that they will tell us they DO have Java
My question is
Great stuff ... but it would be nice if Mac Opera supported Java applets ... OR IF NOT ... supported the "NOJAVA" property in Javascript.
I'm thinking of a gesture
I love my Palm .... but there isn't a decent browser out there for it.
.. please.
IE on the Pocket-PC's works pretty well....
BrowseIt on the Palm is pretty broken. The <noscript> tag don't work.
Find me a real browser for the Palm
Why not? They pretty much seem to be the accepted "small payment" system ... and when I saw Pud using them for the memorial fund on f*edcompany I figured they must be O.K..
My understanding is that it's pretty much run on the PalPal servers and is a pretty simple link to your system.
So why didn't you post the story when I gave you the scoop!
Oh well.
It's sad to see this genre go away... I worked on "The Return To Zork" and others (Pyramid of Peril anyone?).
... I pretty much left the game biz. in '94 so I missed the blow up of this genre.
It was some of the best combo. of story in interactivity we've ever seen.
Personal Favorite: The Secret Of Monkey Island (the original).
Well