Re: OT-JS why it does not run on Mac
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texte = Glenn Busbin wrote:> > > > > >There is a need if you are testing your results from a mac browser right.? > > No. Java and JavaScript are two completely different animals. They share only similar names. > > > My point was > >older versions of MRJ are not always good about displaying the correct results > >of newer code. (however, I guess I usually see error windows when this is the case) > >and if you are testing in OSX/OS9 I don't think it is an issue anyway. > > Java code requires that MRJ be installed and enabled before it will execute on a Mac. > JavaScript executes independently of MRJ or any other Java runtime. It's part of the browser's code. > > Glennthanks... hmm, so the different sites that I have gone to with older machines that don't work when it hits the java code portion of the site, and usually gives me a message about MRJ, is trying to run java code not java script? (is this similar to a compiled application?)Donovan> > >-- Donovan D. Brooke Systems Administrator/ Assc. Art Director Epsen Hillmer Graphics------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Glenn Busbin wrote:> > > > > >There is a need if you are testing your results from a mac browser right.? > > No. Java and JavaScript are two completely different animals. They share only similar names. > > > My point was > >older versions of MRJ are not always good about displaying the correct results > >of newer code. (however, I guess I usually see error windows when this is the case) > >and if you are testing in OSX/OS9 I don't think it is an issue anyway. > > Java code requires that MRJ be installed and enabled before it will execute on a Mac. > JavaScript executes independently of MRJ or any other Java runtime. It's part of the browser's code. > > Glennthanks... hmm, so the different sites that I have gone to with older machines that don't work when it hits the java code portion of the site, and usually gives me a message about MRJ, is trying to run java code not java script? (is this similar to a compiled application?)Donovan> > >-- Donovan D. Brooke Systems Administrator/ Assc. Art Director Epsen Hillmer Graphics------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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