Posted by JWS on 10/18/07 09:22

This must surely be a FAQ, but Googling hasn't helped much so far.

I am trying to learn Java, because one of my pages needs an
applet. The question is: how to put the applet on the page, in
such a way that the applet works both in Mozilla and IE, *and* the
page still validates as HTML 4.01 strict.

I tried

<p>
<object codetype="application/java"
classid="java:DrawingLines.class"
width="300" height="300">
You should have seen a Java applet that draws lines.
</object>

which is valid html strict, it works in Mozilla (XP and Linux),
but IE7 only shows the fallback text.

If I say

<p>
<applet code="DrawingLines.class" width="300" height="300">
You should have seen a Java applet that draws lines.
</applet>

it works in Mozilla and IE7, but does not validate as html strict.
Is there a better way to do this, or should I just not bother and
be happy with validation as "transitional"?

Jan

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