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This FAQ answers the following questions:

Section One

• Where is the .exe file after extracting the archive? How do I run the activator?
• Applets work on my hard disk, but not on the server
• Do I need to upload the classes directory for each html file?
• Problems unzipping the files when not using Winzip95
• How do I display information to non java browsers?
• Problems using Netscape Navigator Gold and other WYSIWYG editors
• Problems with placing image and sound files
• Problems with .au sound files not working.
• How do I use the on-line Activator?
  Section Two
  
• Why are Windows NT and Macintosh often unstable?
• What do I get when I purchase the noware Activator?
• Who owns the Activator?
• Who owns noware applets?
• How do I licence noware applets?
• Why is noware here?
• How can noware help you sell your own applets?
• Who is George Gilder?
• What browser and hardware do I need to use noware?

Why are Windows NT and Macintosh often unstable?

The latest information can always be obtained from java.sun.com.

What do I get when I buy the Activator?

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.

Who owns the activator?

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.

Who owns the applets?

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.

How do I licence my applets?

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:

• a licence key, which will stop your applets from flashing the`Unlicensed Applet' message
• technical support by email
• a clear conscience :-)

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.

What is noware here?

The aim is twofold:

1. To create an easy to use system so that non programmers can spice up their web pages by embedding java applets,
2. To provide an infrastructure for applet programmers to be able to promote and sell their innovative applets.

How can noware help you sell your own applets?

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:

1. the Activator skeleton, so that users can easily customise the functionality of your applet without having to be java programmers
2. a marketing and promotional vehicle, so that users can find your applets easily, read about what they can do, and preview them live on-line
3. a financial infrastructure, so that users can order your applets easily. We will handle all the paperwork and commercial transactions required to collect payment for your applets.

What do you get out of the deal?

We are programmers ourselves, and understand how important it is to not lose your code. As such, we offer the following:

• you retain full copyright ownership of your applets
• your relationship with us is non exclusive - you can use any other means to promote and sell your applet, and you can remove it from our site at anytime (with appropriate notice).

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:

• cover the costs of converting your code so that it works with the Activator
• adding our licensing code (to protect your software)
• providing the web promotional infrastructure
• covering the paperwork and financial transaction overhead to collect the payments.

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.

Who is George Gilder?

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.

java enabled web browsers

• Netscape 2.0
• Windows 95, Windows NT, or Unix.

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! :-)
Windows 3.1 users are out of luck at the moment.

The latest information can always be obtained from java.sun.com.