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This FAQ answers the following questions:
java@noware
Following are a few things you should know about java and noware. Please contribute your own experiences.
The Activator is made from pure java code. java is a young language. It's frisky and lovable and might become your best friend. But for now, it's still just a little unruly.
So when you run the Activator from your hard disk, give it a few minutes to load.
Once installed, we recommend leaving it open until you know you're finished with it.
If you can access your web server, you might try uploading the activator and running it from there. It might be faster.
Don't worry when you see the UNTRUSTED JAVA APPLET message in the Activator. "Untrusted" is the word Sun Microsystems requires us to use to indicate that an applet has been sent via an unsecured line.
PLEASE LET US KNOW YOUR EXPERIENCES.
Windows
We've noticed instability with Windows 95 and Windows NT. Icons may occasionally appear out of place. Best bet for fixing: minimize and/or reload the program.
Some applets may not work under NT.
Of course, any instability is harmless and has no effect whatsoever on any activator or applet function. It just looks funny.
Again, PLEASE LET US KNOW YOUR EXPERIENCES.
faq's
1. Click any "preview" button.
4. While you're on-line, you can customize the applet (size, color, speed, etc), using the Activator's point-and-click screens.
5. When you get to the "View, Size or Resize Applet" button, click for an on-line demo of your applet.
6. You can fine-tune your applet as much as you like on-line.
Because we rely on Netscape's built in JAVA interpreter there are some cross platform inconsistencies. We've noted particular problems with Windows NT and Macintosh.
Macintosh users are able to use the "Netscape » 2.0 Java B1" version but it is not very stable and not everything works. However it is better than nothing! :-)
The latest information can always be obtained from java.sun.com.
You get all the java class files
necessary to run the applets onyour own web pages from your web server. You also get a licence key to disable the 'Unlicenced Applet' warning.
Noware owns the Activator software. You are entitled to download
the software and evaluate it at no cost for 30 days. When you licence the Activator and applets, you get the right to use them as described below.
All the applets on the noware site have either been written from scratch by our inhouse development team, or have been written by third party developers.
In the case of inhouse developed applets, noware owns the copyright on
theapplets (this includes our complete rewrites of such classic applets as NervousText and Ticker Tape).
In the case of third party developer applets, the author of the applet retains full copyright - we just help market it in a nonexclusive arrangement. See the Third Party Developers section.
You can download the unlicensed applets for 30 day evaluation at no charge. You can license them from us for use on your web pages. By licensing an applet you get the following:
By licencing your applets you get the right to use the Activator on one development machine, and distribute your applets with your webpages on as many servers as you wish. Your name will appear embedded in the web page html code, and will also flash when a user moves their mouse over the applet.
If you are developing for a third party, you may wish to talk to us about a separate licence for them that will include their name in the licencing text.
The aim is twofold:
One of noware's fundamental aims is to provide an infrastructure for third party developers to promote and sell their applets. We provide three
things:
We are programmers ourselves, and understand how important it is to not lose your code. As such, we offer the following:
To allow your applet to work within the noware structure (and with the Activator), we require you to submit your source code to us (at least the applet class, if you have proprietary code in your other classes you can provide us with only the .class files, and thus keep your code proprietary).
In exchange for offering the noware infrastructure to you, we share the royalties/collected money with you 50/50.
We use our 50% to:
Once a month we mail you out a check for your share of the applets sold.
To participate, please fill in the
Third Party Developers Form.
The easiest explanation is to read his groundbreaking article on java and network computing directly by following this link to the
Gilder Archives. It really is required reading for anyone interested in this area.
Currently you need to be running the following to be able to use the noware activator system:
Macintosh users are able to use the "Netscape » 2.0 Java B1" version but it is not very stable and not everything works. However it is better than nothing! :-)
The latest information can always be obtained from java.sun.com.
How do I use the on-line Activator?
2. Click "use the Activator on-line". Wait for it to load.
3. Choose a java applet from the Activator menu. (A generic demo linked to the menu shows you the basic applet idea.) Why are Windows NT and Macintosh often unstable?
Windows 3.1 users are out of luck at the moment.
What do I get when I buy the Activator?
Who owns the activator?
Who owns the applets?
How do I licence my applets?
What is noware here?
How can noware help you sell your own applets?
What do you get out of the deal?
Who is George Gilder?
java enabled web browsers
Windows 3.1 users are out of luck at the moment.
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