Posted by Neredbojias on 10/18/07 12:24

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:22:43 GMT
JWS scribed:

> 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"?

Insert the first example using some method to hide it from ie [which
probably would be javascript- or server-side scripting] and place the
second in an ie conditional comment.

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