> > We tried using the applets for a couple of internet
> > applications and had very limited success. The applets
> > would load sporadically on end user's machines. Netscape
> > would rarely display the applets. IE was much better but
> > sometimes pages would require refreshes to get the applets
> > to load. We haven't tried the applets since early 4.01 so
> > they may have been improved since.
>
> That's interesting. We've never used them for real internet applications,
> but we used to use them quite a bit for intranet applications,
> and were very
> successful in that regard. For example, we deployed an application where
> there were several thousand clients, all using Netscape 3 or 4, and no one
> reported that as a problem.
>
> However, I'd agree that they're not suitable for non-controlled
> environments, as people might not have Java enabled, or might not have
> virtual machines, or might have a Java-killing firewall setup.
It got to the point that our clients "requested" (AKA ordered) us to remove
them from their sites. There customers were complaining quite a bit. We
removed them and never looked back. In any instance now where we would
consider using a CFGRID - usually in an admin section, we use <IFRAME> and
warn users that IE is required.
I am in the process of investigating ways of using flash instead of
<IFRAME>.
Duane
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