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4889: Re: [MUD-Dev] Java and Javascript

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From: J C Lawrence <claw@under.engr.sgi.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 14:41:02 -0800
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
On Wed, 25 Feb 1998 19:31:59 PST8PDT 
Ben Greear<greear@cyberhighway.net> wrote:

> I got the installation for my java appliction down to: download,
> unzip, type <java path>\java hegemon

> That aint so bad...but of course they would have to install the JDK.
> I found it was almost pittifully easy to install it as well.
> Basically unzip it and it's good to go.

> However, I'm not aware of any single person downloading my client,
> even though it's quite good.

Anyone here looked at JAvalon, Avalon's JAVA applet based client?  Its
comparitively simple, and is not entirely happy working thru SGI's
firewall (or I'd comment more on it).  From brief playing it looks
like it has promise.

> I think ppl have become extremely lazy about software
> installation..if it doesn't have a wizard and automatically download
> itself...who wants it!

I should note that SGI's software manager can work as a handler under
Netscape, allowing applications and OS updates to be installed on a
machine by doing nothing more than clinking on a link on a web page.

Its works well.

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