Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Richard Maher" Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: funny thing: Applet error when visiting Oracle website looking for release notes on Java plugin Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 15:22:11 +0800 Organization: HTTP *is* The Box - Let's think outside Lines: 37 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: jOhPn0KFjrxwuMc9OPMmCw.user.speranza.aioe.org X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6090 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:4404 "Qu0ll" wrote in message news:TKqdnXFFw575ZlDQnZ2dnUVZ_judnZ2d@westnet.com.au... > "Nasser M. Abbasi" wrote in message > news:iqcu5c$6rs$2@speranza.aioe.org... > > > >> I can expect applet errors on a web site, but not on an official >> Oracle webite about Java ! > > Agreed, it's very lame. I also get the error and, as pointed out, the > page doesn't even render properly. I didn't have any problems with the rendition on various browsers, but did experience the DragExample.jnlp not found error. Isn't it just a case of this file not being where it's supposed to be? Anyway .JNLP wreaks of WebStart freakishness to me and therefore you deserve what you get! > Not a good ad for applet technology which is still important and > under-valued in my opinion. > > Let's hope the release of Plugin3 this year will set things right! Can you please provide pointers to the new functionality available in "Plugin3"? Will it seek to address disastrous architectural flaws such as: - http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=7001755 > > And loving it, Starker this is Java; we don't "loving it" here! Regards Richard Maher >