Now that Sun is making their Java plug-in available, the problems with varying Java support in browsers is going away. For Ganymede [utexas.edu], we use a hybrid Java applet/application for the client, and it works great on UNIX, Win32 (under Netscape or IE), MacOS, and OS/2.
Applets work just fine as long as you don't get overly ambitious about it, and as long as you keep in mind what an applet is for, and what the constraints of the Java security model are.
Applets? No problem! (Score:1)
Now that Sun is making their Java plug-in available, the problems with varying Java support in browsers is going away. For Ganymede [utexas.edu], we use a hybrid Java applet/application for the client, and it works great on UNIX, Win32 (under Netscape or IE), MacOS, and OS/2.
Applets work just fine as long as you don't get overly ambitious about it, and as long as you keep in mind what an applet is for, and what the constraints of the Java security model are.