Java applications

[steinkel]

     I have found two impressive (to me at least) Java applications:  one 
     professional; the other personal.
     
     Altavista has an interesting application that creates a keyword map 
     from documents relevant to a query.  This map can then be used to 
     refine the query.  I found it to be quite interesting in its concept 
     and execution, though I still didn't find what I was looking for.  
     Available at www.altavista.digital.com
     
     There is a backgammon program called Motif, available through 
     www.bkgm.com/motif.html, that plays a pretty good game, and even keeps 
     score from one session to another through the use of logins.  I still 
     like it even though I cuss at it now and then.
     
     I have only this morning heard about an interesting application 
     available from the U.S. National Imagery and Mapping Agency 
     (www.nima.mil) that apparently allows searching for maps from a 
     Java-enabled globe.  I haven't had a chance to look at it yet myself.
     
     
     
     Good luck,
     Leland J. Steinke
     Assistant Director for Systems
     U.S. Army Military History Institute


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Subject: Java applications
Author:  Helen R Lloyd <ulhrl at dewey.newcastle.edu.au> at INTERNET
Date:    6/21/97 9:16 PM


     
Does anyone know of any good examples of Java applications?  I am 
particularly interested in library applications, but would also like 
other examples.  I have already checked out the Gamelan site, but may 
have missed some good ones there.  I am not really interested in 
Java used for window dressing, but would like to see where it has been 
used to extend the usefulness of the Web.
     
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.  Some are amusing, but hardly cutting edge use of new 
technology.
     
Thanks in advance
     
Helen
     
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