The Java Plug-in: Using the Newest Versions of Java with your Old Browser
Take an inside look at Sun's free new mechanism which augments the speed and functionality of the VM independently of the browser.
Users' Choice Survey: Web Browsers
Many Web developers have had the experience of creating something really useful, elegantly implemented with an intuitive user interface, only to find that a significant number of Web users never get the full benefit of their work. The harsh reality is that any Web development project is limited by the capabilities of the user's browser. For that reason, developers often prefer to target their efforts at one Web browser or another.
Sun Ships Java Plug-In
Java Plug-in checks the state of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) in a browser. If it is a version that has fallen behind the JVM used to build the application, it downloads an up-to-date JVM, which is substituted for the one in the browser. It then becomes available for use by the browser with its next visit to the same site or with any future encounter with an incompatible Java application.
Successful Deployment of Electronic Commerce Applications: Process is Key
The challenges in developing and deploying an electronic commerce application are significantly different from designing Web sites or developing client-server applications. Are you in search of a silver bullet?
About Mozilla.org
Does Mozilla -- as Netscapes' open-source browser project has been christened -- reflect a turning point for open-source development, or a return to the roots of open-source development as it has been practiced on the Internet for decades?
The Web Standards Project
Tired of wasting your precious development time on workarounds so that your site runs smoothly across all the various browsers and platforms? You're not alone. Lack of standards-compliance on the Web is the number-one complaint of developers everywhere. Now there is a new effort, advanced by leaders and experts in the software community itself, to form an independent organization to tackle the problem.
Write once, run anywhere?
One of the main benefits of using Java is that the language is cross-platform, meaning that you can run its bytecode on any machine that has the Java runtime environment, whether it be a browser or interpreter. Sun sums up this philosophy, as "Write once, run anywhere." Is this true? If not, can Java survive?
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