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Re: Macintosh Java?

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From: Tim Hodgson
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 00:00
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Matthew Greenfield <matti@grnfield.u-net.com> wrote:

> OK, I installed Netscape Communicator 4.01 (I think it's higher now) and
> hey presto the applet loaded and it worked...!
> 
> It looks pretty well designed and is possibly the first useful
> implementation of the much hyped Java that I've come across (I mean for
> me, personally). However, it was very, very slow to load, of course, and
> very, very buggy.


Well, this inspired me to give it a last try with Navigator - and, to be
fair to the Co-op, at the second attempt it worked! It did take nearly
20 minutes to give me a balance though. One day we'll look back and
laugh... Then again, BT is probably quite amused already.

Tim
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From: tjh@otis.otis.u-net.com (Tim Hodgson)
Subject: Re: Macintosh Java?
Date: 1998/04/16
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