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#41

Yea, I should have done that initially. I found the problem, the java plugin is doing get on this:
GET /applet.php.pack.gz?gid=448

when it should be doing get on this:
GET /applet.php?gid=448

It is appending that “.pack.gz” to the url.

Here’s the applet object code:

<object code="F.class" archive="applet.php?gid=448" width="800" height="600" type="application/x-java-applet;version=1.5">
<param name="java_arguments" value="-Djnlp.packEnabled=true" />
<param name="cache_option" value="no">
</object>

So… another question why does this work differently between servers?

#42

Clientside Java has always been unreliable and radically different/bugged with every minor update…

Just keep in mind that now it works on your computer, you probably broke it for everybody else :slight_smile:

#43

Oh god, I’m gonna shoot myself if that happened :o

At least it works with the most recent JRE, which I have, so all good ;D

#44

had to be set to:

Makes sense?

ANYWAY… all fixed now… darn tough to figure this out. Applets are clearly not very portable, and the deployment procedure is an annoying pain.

#45

Clientside Java has always been unreliable and radically different/bugged with every minor update…

Just keep in mind that now it works on your computer, you probably broke it for everybody else :slight_smile:

#46

Looks like I am the only one who insane here.

#47

Oh god, I’m gonna shoot myself if that happened :o

At least it works with the most recent JRE, which I have, so all good ;D

#48

Looks like I am the only one who insane here.

#49

Hmmm, seems like Oracle’s stand on Applets has gone from bad to worse. It is slightly off-topic, but depending on how far back they’ve blocked applets this could single-handedly destroy Java4K. Every time I feel good about Oracle’s advancements to the platform, something like this always pops up. (Not that it’ll affect a lot of you who disabled it by default anyway :stuck_out_tongue: ).

#50

Hmmm, seems like Oracle’s stand on Applets has gone from bad to worse. It is slightly off-topic, but depending on how far back they’ve blocked applets this could single-handedly destroy Java4K. Every time I feel good about Oracle’s advancements to the platform, something like this always pops up. (Not that it’ll affect a lot of you who disabled it by default anyway :stuck_out_tongue: ).

#51

We need an alternate plugin, something like webstart, but with the requirement that it’d be reliable.

#52

We need an alternate plugin, something like webstart, but with the requirement that it’d be reliable.

#53

My experience with both applets and webstart is this:

  • Horrifying portability
  • Does not work in later updates of java
  • Always some problem getting to work because of hefty deployment configuration xml and server headers
  • CACHING issues can cause you to cry
  • LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF POP-UPS
  • And if you want to do anything half decent, you need unrestricted access to the end-user PC.
  • Signing issues, expires
  • Missing dependency libraries

But Java is great otherwise, although I’ve been writing probably lots more javascript code in nodejs than Java code.

#54

My experience with both applets and webstart is this:

  • Horrifying portability
  • Does not work in later updates of java
  • Always some problem getting to work because of hefty deployment configuration xml and server headers
  • CACHING issues can cause you to cry
  • LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF POP-UPS
  • And if you want to do anything half decent, you need unrestricted access to the end-user PC.
  • Signing issues, expires
  • Missing dependency libraries

But Java is great otherwise, although I’ve been writing probably lots more javascript code in nodejs than Java code.

#55

http://error404.000webhost.com/cpu-limit-reached.html

java4K reached server bandwidth limits :point: :persecutioncomplex:

#56

http://error404.000webhost.com/cpu-limit-reached.html

java4K reached server bandwidth limits :point: :persecutioncomplex:

#57

victim of our own success :stuck_out_tongue:

#58

I wonder how java4k.com can hit CPU caps in ‘low season’ …

#59

victim of our own success :stuck_out_tongue:

#60

I wonder how java4k.com can hit CPU caps in ‘low season’ …