ENGL 343 — Textual Media — Fall 2003

Section 001

 

 

Java Applets

Applets are simply small applications which run on a "virtual machine" (a software component of your browser or operating system). This "virtual machine" is basically similar across platforms, so the same applet can run in Netscape or IE, on a Mac, a PC, or a Linux machine.

Applets from javaboutique
"blink" from javaboutique

Applets from scriptsearch

Not all of these are free

The official Sun Java site

My examples:

Fear

Flower

 

The applet in inserted into the html code as an applet "object":

You can use the Insert Applet command from Dreamweaver, or simply add this code to your HTML:

<applet code="Blink.class" width=300 height=80>
   <param name=lbl value="Put yr blinkin' text here">
   <param name=speed value="3">
   </applet>
You can edit the information in quotes following the <param name=> tag; either directly in the HTML, or in the by selecting the applet's Properties window in Dreamweaver.

It looks like this:

 

 

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Valid HTML 4.01! Valid CSS!

Last updated October 28, 2003