<b><font color=#ffff00>Read about the <a href=onetag.html>ONETAG</a> parameter now being by supported by certain applets at the Cafe!</font></b>
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Deep within the bowels of <a href=http://www.sun.com/>Sun Microsystems, Inc.</a> lies a lab... the New Media Marketing lab. In addition to many other responsibilities the members of this lab are charged with the task of developing Java programs. These programs, innocently know as <i>applets</i>, are occasionally released... bringing much joy and happiness to the virtual world. Those with a keen eye can spot these applets on Web pages and in CDs released by the developers within New Media Marketing lab.
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The <font color=#ffff00>C</font><font color=#ffee00>a</font><font color=#ffdd00>f</font><font color=#ffcc00>e</font> <font color=#ffaa00>d</font><font color=#ff9900>e</font><font color=#ff8800>l</font> <font color=#ff8800>S</font><font color=#ff8800>o</font><font color=#ff8800>l</font> is the first bit of the 'outside world' the applets see. Here they congregate, compile amongst themselves, and finally (with the permission of their creators) venture out amongst the other Kilo-Mega-Gigabytes which whiz by the <font color=#ffff00>C</font><font color=#ffee00>a</font><font color=#ffdd00>f</font><font color=#ffcc00>e</font> <font color=#ffaa00>d</font><font color=#ff9900>e</font><font color=#ff8800>l</font> <font color=#ff8800>S</font><font color=#ff8800>o</font><font color=#ff8800>l</font>, Sun Microsystems, and every other place on the Internet.
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But here they reside first. Here in there primal stages. If you are fortunate enough to have found the <font color=#ffff00>C</font><font color=#ffee00>a</font><font color=#ffdd00>f</font><font color=#ffcc00>e</font> <font color=#ffaa00>d</font><font color=#ff9900>e</font><font color=#ff8800>l</font> <font color=#ff8800>S</font><font color=#ff8800>o</font><font color=#ff8800>l</font>, then you are welcome to look around, investigate the applets, and basically get your fill of Java.
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<a name=creators><h2>The Creators</h2></a>
While at the cafe be sure to say 'hi' to the people behind the applets... the Java-brewing maniacs who would love nothing more than talk coffee-code. Please read the <a href=faq.html>FAQ page</a> before sending mail, thanx.
Here are some of the applets which the above creators have written for your convenience and pleasure <font color=#ffff00>(applets marked with [1tag] support the <a href=onetag.html>ONETAG</a> parameter)</font>:
<a name=downloading><h2>Downloading and using the applets</h2></a>
The compiled code for the latest versions of these applets are available at a public FTP site: <b><a href=ftp://xm.com/pub/incoming/cafe/>ftp://xm.com/pub/incoming/cafe/</a></b>. Once you get the code, you should place the .class file in the same directory as your HTML page, and insert the following code:
Where *** determine the pixel width and height of the image on the displayed page (similar to the IMG width and height tags).
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<li><tt>< param name=*** value=*** > </tt>
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<li><tt>< param name=*** value=*** > </tt>
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<li><tt>< /applet > </tt>
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The <tt>param</tt> tags are the lines which customize the applet to your needs. Refer to the specific applet descriptions to get detailed descriptions of the parameters relevant to that applet.
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<font color=#eeee00>Note that it may not be possible to correctly download the applets through a web browser due to some funky Net problems. If you have trouble, try command line FTPing (I know, I know).</font>
We at the New Media Marketing Lab encourge others to download the compiled code and use the latest versions of the featured applets on their own pages. If you do so, we ask that you please follow these rules of courtesy:
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<li>Give credit to the New Media Marketing Lab at Sun Microsystems, Inc. with a link. Additionally, you are welcome to specificly name the particular author of the applet. The link should be to this page's address (http://www.xm.com/cafe/).
<li>Please send an e-mail to us at the <a href=mailto:harshec@cdware.eng.sun.com>NMM lab</a> so that we know you are using the applet, and we can feature you on this page.
