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From: Michael Hayes <hayesm@wpi.edu>
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Subject: Re: Word Process Anywhere Beta Testers Needed
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 12:40:51 -0500
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On Sun, 22 Mar 1998, Adam M Gaffin wrote:

>Ah, remember when Java was supposed to be cross-platform?
>
>As for why you'd need a Java text processor, think network computers. But
>if the  thing only runs on Microsoft's Java "enhancements" why not just
>buy one of those chiclet-keyed Windows CE thingees?
>

Well, the code for this applet has no 'enhancements' of any kind - be they
Microsoft or any other browser or OS.  Our applet is JDK 1.1 compliant and
is 100% pure Java.  i.e. no enhancements -- The only problem is that
Microsoft has the only JVM that handles how we do our word-wrapping for
the TextArea...  It's not our fault that Netscape and whoever else is a
little behind there - someday they'll catch up.  

If you have *any* browser that is JDK 1.1 compatible then you will be able
to use our applet - except for the word wrapping which, again, is not
handled correctly by Netscape due to its lack of handling the carriage
return correctly.

No enhancements thank you...