Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 13:34:34 -0500 From: Gabor Kincses <gabor@nameprotect.com> To: John Toon <john.toon@btinternet.com> Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Browser with *good* Java & Flash support? Message-ID: <3B3E1BBA.DC84709D@nameprotect.com> References: <3B3DEDAC.9000300@btinternet.com>
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John Toon wrote: > > Hi, > > I want to be able to use a good internet browser with _decent_ Java and > Flash support. However, I seem to have hit a nasty stumbling block with > this on FreeBSD: Netscape 4.77 (Linux) + Flash 5 works well enough. Much faster than Konqueror/Mozilla. I haven't tried the Linux 1.3 Java plugin. You are right. The built-in 1.1.5 is awful in both Linux and native versions of 4.x. Native Konqueror starts the Linux 1.3 JVM, but I'm getting exceptions. Specifically, on http://www.intellicast.com/LocalWeather/World/UnitedStates/JavaLoop/: Java VM version: 1.3.0_02 Java VM vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc. Unable to load JSSE SSL stream handler, https support not available Default TimeZone = Custom Custom In Daylight = false Custom Uses Daylight = false GMT In Daylight = false GMT Uses Daylight = false java.lang.ClassFormatError: JLoop (Bad magic number) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass0(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:486) at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:111) at org.kde.kjas.server.KJASAppletClassLoader.findClass(KJASAppletClassLoader.java:314) at org.kde.kjas.server.KJASAppletClassLoader.loadClass(KJASAppletClassLoader.java:335) at org.kde.kjas.server.KJASAppletStub$1.run(KJASAppletStub.java:82) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484) Then after hitting reload: Running Applet Initialization ! Default TimeZone = Custom Custom In Daylight = false Custom Uses Daylight = false GMT In Daylight = false GMT Uses Daylight = false Loading image 1 Hostname = null Loading image Image0 Loading image 2 Loading image Image1 Loading image 3 Loading image 4 Loading image 3 Loading image Image2 Loading image Image3 Loading image Image4 Loading image Image5 Loading image Image6 Loading image Image7 Loading image Image8 Starting the Animation ! Loop Hold = 2000 Image Hold = 500 but nothing shows up in the window. Haven't tried a Linux Konqueror executable. > 1. The Linux-Netscape 6 port doesn't support plugins/Java. > 2. The Mozilla port can't use the Linux plugins - and there is no native > FreeBSD Java plugin or official Flash plugin (in my experience, the GPL > one doesn't function very well). > 3. Opera for Linux doesn't as yet support Netscapes 6 plugins. > 4. The Linux version of Mozilla doesn't function correctly on my machine > - for some bizarre reason I am completely unable to connect to anything > *at all* after the browser has started up - even when I'm online. > 5. Netscape 4.x is a terrible browser (thankfully we now have > alternatives on *nix boxes) with completely useless Java support. > 6. Apparently wine can't as yet run Internet Explorer 5.x anywhere near > properly, and I have no idea as to it's Win32 Netscape 6 ability. > > Has anyone got any suggestions? I'm desperate for decent browser Java > support! > > Is there any chance that the Linux plugins will be supported under the > FreeBSD Mozilla port in the near future? > > Regards, > > John. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message -- Gabor Kincses Running FreeBSD 4.3-RC3 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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