Java Glossary : browser

Last updated 2004-06-28 by Roedy Green ©1996-2004 Canadian Mind Products

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browser

A browser is a program to surf the web and run Java Applets.

Please check that your website works with all of these up-to-date-browsers:

	Opera 7.5 with the Java 1.4.2_04 Plug-in
	Mozilla 1.6 with the Java 1.4.2_04 Plug-in
	Netscape 7.1 with the Java 1.4.2_04 Plug-in
	Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2800 with the Java 1.4.2_04 Plug-in
	Sun's Java 1.4.2_04 Plug-in add on
	Click the corresponding browser icon to download the latest browser software

How can you find out which browser is running your Applet? This code came from Dennis Brake dbrake@mitre.org.

public void init()
   {
   if ( getAppletContext().toString().startsWith ( "netscape.applet.MozillaAppletContext" ) )
      {
      environment = NETSCAPE_BROWSER;
      }
   else if ( getAppletContext().toString().startsWith ( "com.ms.applet.GenericAppletContext" ) )
      {
      environment = MICROSOFT_BROWSER;
      }
   else if ( getAppletContext().toString().startsWith ( "sunw.hotjava.tags.TagAppletPanel" ) )
      {
      environment = HOTJAVA_BROWSER;
      }
   else if ( getAppletContext().toString().startsWith ( "sun.applet.AppletViewer" ) )
      {
      environment = APPLETVIEWER;
      }
   }

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