Java applications

[Alan Withoff]

Helen R Lloyd wrote:

> Does anyone know of any good examples of Java applications?  I am
> particularly interested in library applications, but would also like
> other examples...........where it has been used to extend the
> usefulness of the Web.
>

Try the online library catalog of the Cal State Hayward Library,
HAYSTAC,  with a Java-enabled web browser (such as Netscape Navigator
2.0 or Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0.) It uses a  Java telnet applet,
and  can be accessed at
http://imctwo.csuhayward.edu/library/haystac_java.htm



> I have not been overly impressed with the quality of the Java
> applications I have seen so far.  It is frustrating waiting several
> minutes for them to load, only to find that they are of quite poor
> quality.

Well, SAB's JavaBOWL, multiplayer bowling game, by Steve A. Baker, (
http://www.cruzio.com/~sabweb/arcade/bowling.html ) got me frustrated:
I couldn't quit playing it!

> Some are amusing, but hardly cutting edge use of new
> technology.
>

Wait till the end of the year!  There seems to be many promising
developments with regards to knowledge mapping, site navigation aids &
others.

P.S. The examples above are applets, as compared to applications.  But
we're dealing with the Internet here, as compared to an intranet.


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