Bugs
- If the text input boxes and labels appear misaligned, increase the
size of the applet window.
- If the animation speed is too fast for the speed of the computer, the response to
mouse or keyboard actions may be poor, or at worst the computer may freeze.
This seems to be very system
dependent - PCs running Windows 95 benefit from a fast speed, SUNs that I have tried
freeze if the speed is larger than about 100.
Beware of making the animation speed too fast.
- After loading, the screen should show a box outline on the
left hand side. Sometimes using Netscape 2.0 under Windows95 the applet fails to
load correctly and no box appears. In this case the applet will not run.
Close the window and restart the applet.
- The Netscape implementation of Java under Windows 95
up to version 3.0b4 results in very long load times. The Microsoft
Internet Explorer beta Java implementation and the Netscape 3.0b5
Java with JIT compiling give much faster loads, and
also seem to get rid of the first bug.
- A dynamic iteration may not be stopped by minimizing the window or by
leaving the initial page. This seems to depend on the particular
implementation of Java, e.g. works under Solaris, not under Windows95.
- The pop-up window is not closed on leaving the first page - a "feature" so
that the other pages can be read with the window available. (Use frames instead?)
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Michael Cross