The Java plug-in works fine with IE 5.5 SP2 (I tried it out). It's actually an ActiveX control as far as I can tell, and so there is no problem running your Java code. I haven't tried it with IE 6.0. The biggest issue I've seen with the Java plug-in is that there is no Macintosh variant that supports Java 2. I've heard rumors that Internet Explorer will support a Java 2 capable MRJ in MacOS X, but judging by the Microsoft pull-back on plug-ins and Java in general, it'd be interesting to see if it reaches the light of day. (I hope Apple does something about this). - Bryan
-----Original Message----- From: owner-chemweb@ic.ac.uk [mailto:owner-chemweb@ic.ac.uk]On Behalf Of Miller, Mitch Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 9:31 AM To: 'Rzepa, Henry'; chemweb@ic.ac.uk Subject: RE: IE and "plugins": correction
Hello,
Any idea about where the Java plug-in stands in this? This plug-in was to be the only way to run Java applets in I.E. as there won't native support for Java long-term in I.E.
Mitch
-----Original Message----- From: Rzepa, Henry [mailto:h.rzepa@ic.ac.uk] Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 9:57 AM To: chemweb@ic.ac.uk Subject: IE and "plugins": correction
Correction to my earlier posting. I had noted that Adobe "plugins' do work with IE 5.5 SP2 and IE 6, XP. This is because they are not plugins but pure ActiveX controls (this from a developer who should know!)
So I suppose the next question is whether the "chemically important" plugins will be upgraded by their developers to ActiveX controls. MDL presumably will do so, but how many others are out there, and will they get upgraded?
Netscape of course will continue to work, but then again the cost of producing one "plugin" and one "activeX" control for Windows might mean some developers will chose one or the other but perhaps not both. With less than 30% of the use and still decreasing, this might mean the final nail in the coffin for Netscape. A similar issue confronts "non" Windows platforms.
It really is difficult to avoid the conclusion that having won its anti-trust case in the courts in the USA, Microsoft is going to get even more monopolistic. --
Henry Rzepa. +44 (0)20 7594 5774 (Office) +44 (0870) 132-3747 (eFax) Dept. Chemistry, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AY, UK. http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/rzepa/
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